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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.

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(188,711 posts)Croney
(4,937 posts)SheltieLover
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Croney
(4,937 posts)surfered
(5,027 posts)Croney
(4,937 posts)Karadeniz
(23,740 posts)MiHale
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Hope22
(3,548 posts)Iβm glad you went! The trip sounds full of beautiful distraction! Enjoy your day! We canβt let the *er steal our shine! πππΌπ
Croney
(4,937 posts)Magoo48
(5,901 posts)I gonna stay alive as long as possible so I can participate in fucking with everything agent Orange tries to do.
Croney
(4,937 posts)Fingers crossed!
blm
(113,988 posts)debm55
(42,789 posts)
Faux pas
(15,524 posts)and Best Wishes too
Croney
(4,937 posts)whathehell
(30,043 posts)You rock!
Croney
(4,937 posts)whathehell
(30,043 posts)I'm a few years behind you, and your attitude reflects my own.
Diamond_Dog
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Croney
(4,937 posts)Alliepoo
(2,634 posts)To You!! Wishing you many more!πππ
Croney
(4,937 posts)Hotler
(12,680 posts)Phoenix61
(17,964 posts)Croney
(4,937 posts)livetohike
(23,262 posts)celebrate. Have a great day
Croney
(4,937 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(158,387 posts)Croney
(4,937 posts)Linda ladeewolf
(678 posts)ππ·π° and many more!
Croney
(4,937 posts)Zambero
(9,802 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
(4,937 posts)evemac
(212 posts)IbogaProject
(4,067 posts)And may the next administration fail themselves and get little done but damage the GOP.
Croney
(4,937 posts)joanbarnes
(1,938 posts)Croney
(4,937 posts)greatauntoftriplets
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Croney
(4,937 posts)3Hotdogs
(13,876 posts)80 is the new 95.
Croney
(4,937 posts)A very Happy Birthday then!!! And many, many more!!!
Phentex
(16,597 posts)or having anyone do anything.
Happy Birthday to you!
Croney
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calimary
(85,193 posts)I like your attitude. Letβs use the midterms to fix a few things that trump and his thuggish knuckle-dragging goons broke.
Croney
(4,937 posts)walkingman
(8,860 posts)Croney
(4,937 posts)AllaN01Bear
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u will be serinaded .
Croney
(4,937 posts)LoisB
(9,461 posts)live love laugh
(14,911 posts)Croney
(4,937 posts)Niagara
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Croney
(4,937 posts)ratchiweenie
(8,065 posts)Croney
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cayugafalls
(5,771 posts)It is a beautiful day!
Croney
(4,937 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,337 posts)Have many great years ahead. May all wishes come thru.
Croney
(4,937 posts)lucca18
(1,345 posts)Sounds like you had a wonderful time !
Croney
(4,937 posts)Emile
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irisblue
(34,660 posts)Croney
(4,937 posts)Dulcinea
(7,860 posts)Croney
(4,937 posts)DownriverDem
(6,744 posts)Your celebration sounded very good.
Croney
(4,937 posts)Solly Mack
(93,985 posts)Croney
(4,937 posts)CaptainTruth
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Croney
(4,937 posts)Anon-C
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ReRe
(11,209 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
(4,937 posts)LuckyCharms
(19,569 posts)Croney
(4,937 posts)CoopersDad
(3,060 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 11, 2024, 02:22 PM - Edit history (1)
It will pass.
Happy Birthday to you!
Croney
(4,937 posts)Laf.La.Dem.
(2,967 posts)Got you beat by two years - I am 82!!
katmondoo
(6,500 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
(4,937 posts)I left 50 years ago but have many relatives still there.
electric_blue68
(20,097 posts)Glad you enjoyed a visit to my city.
Croney
(4,937 posts)electric_blue68
(20,097 posts)A possible first time Chicago visit is my probably my last first time city visit.
Golden Raisin
(4,697 posts)Croney
(4,937 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,298 posts)Sounds like a fabulous time!
Croney
(4,937 posts)elleng
(138,198 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.
Croney
(4,937 posts)From The Ashes
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