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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIn spite of it all, I turn 80 today.
Six family members whisked me off this weekend to NYC where we saw Wicked, feasted at the Russian Tea Room, and walked around enjoying the sights.
I wasn't in the mood to go, but it had been planned months ago, when we couldn't imagine the horror that was coming.
It turned out to be a great distraction from sadness, and now my goal is just to look ahead to the midterms and try to outlive the bastard so I can breathe a sigh of relief for the world.
underpants
(195,607 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)SheltieLover
(78,335 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)surfered
(12,379 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)Karadeniz
(24,732 posts)MiHale
(12,766 posts)Hope22
(4,553 posts)Im glad you went! The trip sounds full of beautiful distraction! Enjoy your day! We cant let the *er steal our shine! 😁🙏🏼💗
Croney
(4,998 posts)Magoo48
(6,710 posts)I gonna stay alive as long as possible so I can participate in fucking with everything agent Orange tries to do.
Croney
(4,998 posts)Fingers crossed!
debm55
(58,022 posts)Faux pas
(16,230 posts)and Best Wishes too
Croney
(4,998 posts)whathehell
(30,395 posts)You rock!
Croney
(4,998 posts)whathehell
(30,395 posts)I'm a few years behind you, and your attitude reflects my own.
Diamond_Dog
(40,105 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)Alliepoo
(2,796 posts)To You!! Wishing you many more!🎉🎈🎉
Croney
(4,998 posts)Hotler
(13,746 posts)Phoenix61
(18,770 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)livetohike
(24,100 posts)celebrate. Have a great day
Croney
(4,998 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(176,794 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)Linda ladeewolf
(1,116 posts)🎂🍷🍰 and many more!
Croney
(4,998 posts)Zambero
(9,937 posts)and yes, the midterms can't get here fast enough. There were serious reality checks in 2018 and 2020. Hopefully 2026 will rekindle short memories of precisely why Trumpism was rejected.
Croney
(4,998 posts)evemac
(286 posts)IbogaProject
(5,698 posts)And may the next administration fail themselves and get little done but damage the GOP.
Croney
(4,998 posts)joanbarnes
(2,100 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,705 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)3Hotdogs
(15,151 posts)80 is the new 95.
Croney
(4,998 posts)A very Happy Birthday then!!! And many, many more!!!
Phentex
(16,688 posts)or having anyone do anything.
Happy Birthday to you!
Croney
(4,998 posts)🙂
calimary
(89,308 posts)I like your attitude. Lets use the midterms to fix a few things that trump and his thuggish knuckle-dragging goons broke.
Croney
(4,998 posts)walkingman
(10,508 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)AllaN01Bear
(28,919 posts)u will be serinaded .
Croney
(4,998 posts)LoisB
(12,588 posts)live love laugh
(16,264 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)Niagara
(11,640 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)ratchiweenie
(8,180 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)cayugafalls
(5,958 posts)It is a beautiful day!
Croney
(4,998 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,396 posts)Have many great years ahead. May all wishes come thru.
Croney
(4,998 posts)lucca18
(1,450 posts)Sounds like you had a wonderful time !
Croney
(4,998 posts)Emile
(41,429 posts)irisblue
(37,066 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)Dulcinea
(9,860 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)DownriverDem
(6,988 posts)Your celebration sounded very good.
Croney
(4,998 posts)Solly Mack
(96,650 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,087 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)Anon-C
(3,440 posts)ReRe
(12,182 posts)What a wonderful weekend it turned out to be, in light of what happened to us all
(at least everyone below the 1%). I'm 5 years behind you.
Many happy returns!
Croney
(4,998 posts)LuckyCharms
(22,189 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)CoopersDad
(3,295 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 11, 2024, 02:22 PM - Edit history (1)
It will pass.
Happy Birthday to you!
Croney
(4,998 posts)Laf.La.Dem.
(2,976 posts)Got you beat by two years - I am 82!!
katmondoo
(6,523 posts)My Birthday too----- I cannot believe it but I am 95. It sounds so ancient. I think this is my last election and I am so sad it turned out so badly for us (Democrats) Happy Birthday to all 11/11
people.
Croney
(4,998 posts)I left 50 years ago but have many relatives still there.
electric_blue68
(26,446 posts)Glad you enjoyed a visit to my city.
Croney
(4,998 posts)electric_blue68
(26,446 posts)A possible first time Chicago visit is my probably my last first time city visit.
Golden Raisin
(4,751 posts)Croney
(4,998 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,315 posts)Sounds like a fabulous time!
Croney
(4,998 posts)elleng
(141,926 posts)Would have been my (estranged )husband's 80th, but he didn't make it due to illness.
Glad you enjoyed NYC. Been a LONG time since I went to Russian Tea Room, with Dad, as I recall.
