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TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE
Stressing about getting older
Dear Annie: My 30th birthday is you’ll focus not on how much time
just around the corner, and it’s both- is passing but on how much progress
ering me more than I’d like to admit. you’re making. I’d also recommend
I know that right about now, people volunteering with a local nonprofit.
older than I am are probably read- Being of service to others helps us
ing this and feeling insulted and/ realize we’re part of something time-
or rolling their eyes. I don’t mean less and bigger than our individual
selves.
any offense. I’ve just never
DEAR
Lastly, learn to love
wanted to grow up. Even
those crow’s-feet. As the
when I was a kid, birthdays
ANNIE
forever-youthful Jimmy
bummed me out. (OK, I
Buffett sang, wrinkles only
liked the presents and cake.)
A few months ago, I
go where smiles have been.
noticed crow’s-feet start-
Happy birthday. Keep
ing at the corner of one
smiling.
eye. They don’t bother
Dear Annie: I read a
me for cosmetic reasons.
poignant letter in your col-
Lane
umn from “Ann in Illinois.”
It’s just that seeing wrin- Annie
Creators
Syndicate
Inc.
kles reminds me I’m get-
It was about some aban-
doned dogs. I wanted to
ting older and time is pass-
ing more and more quickly. And that share something that happened to me
stresses me out!
that sheds some light on how some
Before I enter the mopey sad spi- strays become “abandoned.”
ral, do you have any advice on cop-
In 2011, I was traveling
ing with this whole aging thing? cross-country to a dream job. I
— Twenty-Something
packed up my old car with what I’d
Dear Twenty-Something: Treat need to get started again and loaded
every day like the gift it is and you’ll up my elderly dog and two older
come to view growing older as a cats, and off we went. At one point,
blessing. After all, some people don’t when we were within a day’s drive
get the chance to do it.
of our new life, I stopped to let my
Make time your ally rather than dog out to stretch and do her busi-
your enemy. The trick to this is tak- ness. But when I opened the door,
ing up hobbies and pursuing goals one of my cats broke out of his ken-
you truly care about. That way, nel (the door wasn’t fully latched)
and took off. Long story short, while
trying to chase him, I slipped on wet
grass and broke my ankle. I was
taken away in an ambulance. It was a
full week before I was released from
the hospital. I checked in to the Super
8 that was close to where I’d lost my
cat and used the last of my money to
stay another week, hobbling out to
the parking lot and calling for him.
I was able to reach out to some local
animal groups, which sent people to
put out some traps in the area and put
up posters. But he was never found.
I’m sure that anyone who might
have picked him up from that park-
ing area thought someone had
dumped him. That was not the case.
Sometimes bad things happen and
pets get away.
If anyone reading this picked up
a beautiful silver tabby with blue
eyes and a crumpled ear in May
2011, that was my Mookie. I hope
he found safety and love, because he
was deeply loved by me. I miss him
every day. — Marcia in Oregon
Dear Marcia: You’re right. One
shouldn’t assume every stray animal
was abandoned. I can tell Mookie
still holds a big place in your heart.
It sounds as though you were both
better for having known each other.
Animals bring so much love into this
world.
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018
By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Success is a pret-
ty simple formula for you today. You’ll trade your
solution to a person who can use it for their
problem. The price will be easy to agree upon.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Today, you’re try-
ing to hit that high note. Once you find it, move
on. When you start to feel great about the
situation, ask no further questions. Sail on with
that tone, taking action in a positive direction.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When attraction
takes the form of infatuation, the excitement
floats up like a helium balloon, distancing itself
from the reality of the ground. It’s a fun ride,
though it’s important to know that what goes
up always comes down.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your inventive
mind is sparkling with potential today, so put
it to good use. Think about the problems that
plague people. Don’t doubt that you could be
the one to create products and services people
dearly want.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When you know
you’re going to be in something for a long, long
time, you’d better make sure it’s comfortable.
This applies to homes, clothes and relation-
ships. Time can turn the slightest rub into a
torture.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Every single per-
son who walks the planet is flawed. Surround
yourself with people whose flaws you can
tolerate, because to spend your minutes raging
against another person’s flaws is the definition
of futility.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Spread your
attention around today, otherwise things get
too intense. If you place too much emotion on
one person or subject, other things will fall out
of balance.
FRANK AND ERNEST
BLONDIE
THATABABY
SALLY FORTH
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
B.C.
LOLA
DILBERT
SIX CHIX
BIZARRO
MUTTS
NON SEQUITUR
BABY BLUES
WIZARD OF ID
ZITS
ROSE IS ROSE
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Most people
don’t like going places where they feel they
must always be “on.” Comfortable is good.
You’ll rack up the nice interactions today and
this goes a great way toward creating a sense
of stability.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The
tendency is to fantasize about a future in which
things will be and feel different, more fun, more
exciting ... but actually how you feel today is a
gauge of how you might feel tomorrow. So feel
great today!
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There’s
nothing to be done about the parts you can’t
control. It will go wrong; it will go right. The best
you can do is to extract an interpretation that
helps you feel joyful.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ve so
much to teach others and yet you don’t realize
it because it’s difficult to see what you already
know. Being around people who are different
from you will give you a more accurate per-
spective of what you have to offer.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It’s another one
of those counterintuitive social rules that will
apply to today’s interactions: The more you try
and impress, the less impressed they are. The
answer isn’t to be careless; it’s to be carefree.
TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (May 31). In
business and in love it will happen the same
way. The more self-contained, autonomous
and independent you are, the more people will
want to be a part of your life and work. Deals
will be struck in July. Family will have wonders
to celebrate together in 2019. Your education
will pay off, and you’ll decide to further it, too.
Capricorn and Leo adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 41, 20, 6, 31 and 9.