“I’ve got my ticket for the long way ‘round/The one with the prettiest of views/It’s got mountains, it’s got rivers, it’s got sights to give you shivers/But it sure would be prettier with you” -Anna Kendrick’s Cups/When I’m Gone
Who Dat! Today I’m Like All New Orleanians: Chronically Crazy
It’s Carnival/Mardi Gras season in Nola, where beads throw on trees; king cakes are in everyone’s shopping carts, seen being transported on airplanes, and gobbled by mouths of all sizes; floatloads of beads are coming soon; and my daughters’ school gets out early on parade days as it and our house are in “the box,” which means once the parades start you cannot easily drive out.
I “make” 11 years in Nola next week and am SO proud. For today’s game I made ginger simple syrup to mix with local Sazerac Rye Whiskey and a spritz of sparkling water. Will gear up w/ a Fleurty Girl Mardi Gras shirt, black and gold hair accessory, and nail polish by Native Polish. Today it’s their rosy gold “Spicy or Mild?” Spicy, duh (when my mild IC allows it!).
If the Saints win today, Who Dat hearts will swell so large that they might solve the border crisis; global warming; and 20 years later answer, is Tony Soprano dead or alive? Yes, New Orleans pride is that powerful. 🤞🏻🏈🥃👑🌙
Writer/journalist. Partner. Head over heels Mommy to Junebug, 5 & Rosebud, 7. Feminist. Empath. Health advocate & proud member of the International Support Fibromyalgia Network Team. Charleston born, New Orleanian by choice, New Yorker at heart. Self-taught gourmet cook. I pine for my Mom every day. Life is too serious not to have fun. Feline fanatic. Fiction fiend. Khaleesi of pop culture. Budding gardener. Punny. True Cancer Crab. Fibro warrior since Winter 2018. So much more than a paragraph can sum up: aren't we all? I turned 40 in 2018 and my life as I know it is over. Or, I’m literally 40+. My viewpoint depends on the day. Welcome to 40 & Over.
Some of 40 & Over’s imagery and general mood comes from these lyrics: “I’ve got my ticket for the long way ‘round/The one with the prettiest of views/It’s got mountains, it’s got rivers, it’s got sights to give you shivers/But it sure would be prettier with you” -Anna Kendrick’s Cups/When I’m Gone, from “Pitch Perfect,” which piggybacks on a folk song from the 1930s.
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