Worst. Got made redundant after nearly 20 years in the job.
Best. Got another job on similar pay.
Overall though I'll be glad to see the back of 2012.
My Brother was diagnosed with Liver cancer.
Mr Brother got a liver transplant.
Best - I actually managed to complete a half ironman (the Wiesbaden which is quite hilly by triathlon standards), having previously only entering 2 olympic triathlons earlier in the year, the first of which I didn't even complete the swim. And weighing in at 120kg I was actually pretty proud of myself crossing the line.
worst - suffering a self made financial meltdown towards the end of the year.
Edited:
Fingers crossed for the new year - best wishes to all.
Best was 3 week holiday in the Highlands to celebrate 10th wedding anniversary. Loved it and didn't want it to end.
Worst was losing the rest of the 'summer' to illness and injury. 7 weeks barely able to walk due to either labrynthitis or some sort of bleed in my brain (docs weren't too sure what it was & labrynthitis diagnosis was more of a 'probably fits' affair) followed by crushing ankle at work leading to another 3 weeks off bike.
Loosing 3 stone.
Watching my daughter turn in to a teenager 2 years too early.
Screw you 2012, be glad to see the back of you ya btch.
Best: None of it.
Worst: All of it.
Happy new year all.
Highlight for me was the Olympics, we had such a great time at so many events - whole atmosphere was just incredible.
Worst was redundancies at work, even though I was OK, it is tough seeing your friends / colleagues laid off due to the financial miss-management of one idiotic CEO (thankfully now replaced).
Bad - My brother (37) died in April.
Good - Well, there's always Hogmanay...... 😕
Best: not getting made redundant / laid off
Worst: dog and cat both died before time
Best(2): 2 new cats to help replace loss.
Meh.
Worst: getting fired. (bastards!!)
Best: 1 week in Croatia, walking the High Dales Way, uncle's 90th party
Worse: Diagnosed with a dodgy heart at the grand age of 31 (you have got to love genetics!)
Best: Sticking two fingers up to the dodgy heart and started running half marathons....next year I'll be running bremar to aviemore 😀
Worst: Wife mis-carried for the second time and father got diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.
Best: We've made it to 2013 (barring surviving tonight!) and that's got to be better.
Best: Bought a house, celebrated my first wedding anniversary.
Worst: I've had large spells of being unhappy and have done hardly any riding.
Roll on 2013.
I got a job.
I don't like it.
Could be a lot worse!
Al, I got my ears flicked by The Mods for the vodka & revolver line.
Don't do 'owt daft or I'll get a ban 😉
Tom B - MemberBest: Bought a house, celebrated my first wedding anniversary.
Worst: I've had large spells of being unhappy and have done hardly any riding.
Roll on 2013.
Very similar to mine (apart from the wedding anniversary - congrats!).
Worst: Can't think of anything major, it's not been a bad year at all. Having a nasty ear problem during our holiday which very nearly ruined the whole thing is probablt the worst. Sounds quite trite really.
Best: I learned how to draw. And am loving it.
Best - my sisters wedding in May was a wonderful day
Worst - my mam died yesterday on my sisters birthday, never felt so low in my life, really worried about my dad now and how he gets by.
Best: My son's rugby and helping out with the coaching of the fantastic kids.
Worst: Leaving my lovely home and not doing enough riding.
Best: I became a grandad for the first time 😀
Worst: Some of the rest of it, but on reflection it's probably not too bad.
This year's observation:
In life you meet good eggs and you meet bad eggs. Unfortunately bad eggs float.
Worst : had a stroke during a mtb race, aged 33. Lost a big chunk of my vision on the left hand side. Probably never be allowed to drive again.
Best : stroke was caused by hole in heart which is now fixed. Feeling better than ever, fitter than ever. Switzerland has the best public transport system in the world!
Worst: nothing - I had a great year.
Best: all of it - I had a great year.
Same as last year, so next year will probably be the same.
(remind me of this smug post when it all goes wrong)
Best - having 3 x more clear cancer check ups & my Mother in law coming home before Xmas 😀
Worse - Mother in Law spending 3 x weeks in ICU with septicaemia on a ventilator & on dialysis 😥
Worse 2 - the shite wet Summer we've had 😐
Worst: Left a good company of 6 years as disagreed with my twunt of a boss and it was doing my head in badly.
Best: Got made redundant from subsequent job after 5 months and found a new one 4 weeks later with a 50% pay rise from the first one and 3 months garden leave to ride my bike!
Happy New Year to all.
Worst - brother turned into a thieving coke addict and caused a lot of heart ache for the family.
Best - I got back into mountain biking and loving it!
best: had sex 3 times
worst: had sex 3 times
Worst: I've had large spells of being unhappy and have done hardly any riding.
Also a lot of stress from various different things, and have been ill a few times.
On the upside I finished my 2nd year at uni with decent-ish results, and have helped a cycling club/team transform itself into what is, in my eyes, one of the best clubs I've ever ridden with. I also met someone who has blown me away, which is, you know, nice.
2013 could be the most amazing year ever.
Worst: my mum dying on Jan 18th, after a truly miserable Christmas and New Year. Best? Dunno, haven't seen any real highlights yet. Pass.
3 times sounds tough! I was 16 the last time that I had a year that was that barren!!
Worst - having my hip removed due to septic arthritis
Best - getting new hip and getting back on my bike
best: nowt really, been a bit of a meh year. No health issues in the family though so got to be grateful for that.
worst: 60 mile round trip daily commute. I've been doing it for 12 years now but this year has been far & away the worst year - especially since the clocks went back.
oh, and the weather 👿
Best - birth of our son Kyle Robert on 12-06-12, me being 46 at the time was a bit of a worry, but i am coping a lot better than i would have when i was a young tearaway. 1st wedding anniversary. Little fellas 1st Christmas with his gran up in Scotland.
Not so good - very little cycling due to MrsG being preganant then see above^^^^^^.
Being put on redundancy notice, haver since been kept on, but the company is a bag of sh**e so have accepted an offer from another company - jobs are further away, so less time with the family 🙁
Worst - my younger brothers Metastatic disease moving on to the next level - he now has a liver full of Tumours (he's 35)
Best - probably the Olympics - 5 weeks of magic - and had some amazing days at the Olympic park and other venues...
white101 - take care of yourself and your loved ones - time really is a great healer.
Whatever 2012 brought you let's hope that 2013 is even brighter. Happy New Year all!
Best - The Olympics, I completed a 100 mile sportive (very hilly one!), got a job in a bike shop where I'm appreciated, met a nice girl, continued to do well at uni and generally things are a good bit better than they were a year or two ago.
Worst - THE BLOODY WEATHER! Went for a ride on my birthday (in July!) in the Wyre Forest and it was completely sodden. And things have only got worse still! Seriously depressed about the weather, and it has had a big impact on the amount of riding I've done, and also where I've ridden (a lot more road, much less natural off road riding).
Best. Got married.
Worst. Fairly lengthy spell in hospital, gall bladder removed, and further diabetic complications that are still ongoing...
The best, the birth of my daughter.
The worst, the weather and lack the kind of summer mtb'ing that makes winter riding worthwhile, and the email I just recieved from work confirming our results, and that despite 8% growth overall, I'm 1%, yes 1% away from receiving the remaining 20% of my salary this year. I worked my f'ing balls off for a 20% reduction in salary for the second year running. :-/
Worst. Son born without a heartbeat and bleeding on the brain, terrifying us for the first eight minutes. Most of March and April in hospitals with one complication and setback after another.
Best. Watching the little fighter stubbornly prove Doctors wrong. He is now a small, but fighting fit 9 month old.
Other than the weather, cant really complain about 2012.
Work dead busy in a good way.
Family OK with kids blossoming at school.
No health problems with nearest and dearest.
Worst is probably self inflicted lack of effort to get out cycling, still think of myself as a cyclist, but time on the bike has been sporadic at best this year. Can blame combination of weather, work/college/kids, but the really reason is not siezing those 3-4 hours slots that we all have if we grab them.
Worst: failing exam that I'd worked my backside off for with lits of stress and tears then trying to get active life back on track and not being able to due to being very anaemic (who knew having totally empty iron stores and only half the oxygen carrying capacity could have such a strong effect?!)
Best: getting back on my bike in September with good friends in a beautiful location, running again, climbed 6b (even if the grades were soft I'm still claiming it), fantastic day out walking with the hubby in the lakes in October
I realise that a lot of people have had a way crapper 2012 than I have and I hope that 2013 is a great year for everyone 🙂
Worst: my asthma flared up in late Jun, doctors discovered a dead spot in my lower r/h lung, it appears the lining of my lungs has thicken and about a 1/3 of one lung was full of fluid.
Best: One Bronchoscopy later the doctors didn’t find anything that needed a biopsy
Just waiting for the follow up appointment at the hospital 😀
Best - being at the Paralympic stadium with my kids when Richard Whitehead won that amazing 200m - then bumping into him at Sainsburys a couple of weeks back!
Worst - not much tbh, no crises, lucky year compared to many, but wrecking the second bottom bracket of the year commuting through hub deep flood water was annoying......
best: reminded what good mates I have
worst: being a suicidal stressed out mess and then watching an 18 year relationship fall apart.
Worst: having money worries that made me puke up.
Best: sorting those worries.
limbojimbo - all the best to you and yours. Have a cigar and raise your glass to the fighter.
Best: a 45% pay rise. An actual overnight life changing event
Worst: grandmother dying plus my mother in law being diagnosed with terminal cancer. I'd forego every penny of the best bit above to reverse either of those events
Worst: being diagnosed barren.
Best: Coming out with a stronger marriage/relationship because of it.
Anyway, to 2013. 2012 can do one, just like 2011 did 🙁
Have loved this year watching Ms Markie Jr growing up, two glasses of champagne in and can't think of anything bad!
Good luck to all for 2013.
3 times sounds tough! I was 16 the last time that I had a year that was that barren!!
Well it was 3 times as much as the previous 3 years combined, hence "best" and admittedly it pales into comparison with some other people's problems, but it doesn't do a lot for my state of mind.
Best: getting promotion in a job I actually enjoy doing, working with a decent bunch of people
Worst: my dad dying in August unexpectedly, just before the big family celebration we had planned for his 80th
Best was a cracking five week family holiday to the black forest, Swiss and French alps and racing the mega (even though I did crap in that)
Worst; lost two big work contracts that would have seen me gainfully employed for a minimum of two years (I am self employed), getting back from one of the few work hitches I have had this year to discover the wife was having an affair. One I first found out about two years ago and she swore blind it was over and I foolishly forgave her. She is now forcing the sale of the house through the courts and threatening to move out of the country with the kids with her ******g yank boyfriend.
I suspect the new year is going to involve a lot of solicitors fees.
Worst A friend of my sister was refused from Queens Hospital in Romford
for having Noro Virus this Christmas.
Turned out she died of an extreme case of food poisoning at home
the following day and leaves a family.
Worst; having to choose to leave a job I loved as the company was struggling and was on a four day working week.
Best 1; birth of my son. He is perfect.
Best 2; getting another job immediately and on slightly better pay (although I do miss my old job).
Best : well after an odd start it all went swimmingly well.
Worst: didn't see enough of my mates.
BEST - losing 18lbs between jan and Sep.
WORSE - Putting 10lbs back on Nov and Dec. 😥
WTF is that all about. As of tomorrow the finger is getting removed.
EdwardH: Stay strong mate. We're here for you.
All, happy new year.Let's make 2013 an awesome year for us all.
Best: Quit my well paid, relatively easy and massively secure job turning down promotion and role change to any job within the sector. And I did it with glee and a **** you attitude.
Worst: see above.
Worst, 4th failed heart procedure
Best, lost 5.5 stone, got a safe cholesterol reading, no longer have painfull sore joints, can buy normal clothes off the peg, dont get out of breathe upsteps too easy, feel f e c k i n g awesome...... 8)
Worst: losing my dad in July and also my best friends wife in December, both to cancer.
Best 1: hearing my 15 month old daughter say 'daddy' for the first time.
Best 2: seeing my mum pick herself up so soon after losing dad and go and work as a games maker at the Paralympics.
@ ton - good on ya! 8)
Best - Alfa 156 2.4JTD 5-pot (simple things, simple minds etc). Building LEGO with the no-tail and the boy.
Worst - A creamy cream we tried to transfer in with too many oil droplets compared to a too tight specification. Gave me sleepless nights, but TBH, after reading what others have had to deal with, it all pales into MEH.
Best - getting married to the girl of my dreams
Worst - her dad passing 5 days after the wedding due to lung cancer and us not bring there, still brings a tear to my eye.
Let's hope 2013 improves, happy new year all
Best - a family holiday in the lakes with my daughters grandparents.
Worst - their grandad (my dad) dying two months later completely unexpectedly. We dressed him in his tuxedo and he entered the crematorium to the James Bond theme!
Best- I'm going to be a dad
Worst- losing my dear mum suddenly...and the realisation that she will never see my child.
EdwardH - vent on here, we'll all listen. Good luck mate.
To all those who lost loved ones this year i offer my condolences.
I tell you what.
I've had some seriously crappy years in my life. We lost 4 close family members one year. I lost my job and we struggled for years afterwards to cope with the debt we gathered. We've had a number of cancers in the family, we've had miscarriage after miscarriage. It goes on.
This year has been good to us and reading what some people have been through this year makes me remember what that crap is like. Listen. It's bad now and it probably seems like it will always be bad but trust me, it will get better. I've been there and I thought that. I've stood (physically) on a cliff, looked down and made a split second decision on whether to fall or not.
It will get better.
Keep going. You'll look back and see how while painful, this stuff is just life. There's so much more you can get from this. You're an inspiration right now. Keep it up.
Hugs and that. (And perhaps slightly tighter hugs for pretty ones)
for all of us, no matter how good or bad 2012 was, may 2013 be better.
Happy New Year all
Emma that's seriously bad news, glad you appear to have adjusted your life plan. Good luck in 2013.
Best for me was realising I have some really good friends during my 50th party last month.
Worst, daughter getting so stressed out last month she attempted suicide, we thought it was self harming. (Like that's much better).
Best : Got married on the jubilee weekend in a lovely country house
Worst: Split up 5 months later 😐
New year new start
fuuuuuuuuck.
Best - Wife got pregnant (by me).
Best - Work finally looks to have resolved itself - despite me making serious preparations for a career change.
Worst - One of my best mates died - without notice. I REALLY miss him.
All the best Devs, Matt & I are struggling x.
Best: Had a great day when we finally got married in May after quite a long engagement...
Worst: A year from hell watching lung cancer take my Mum, work spiraling downwards and finally the day when it all hit home.
Still here for 2013 and hoping that things will improve. I hope to find time to ride my bike again and catch up with friends. If this involves drinking beer then so be it 🙂
Worst: my mrs died
Best: I've survived thanks to the best friends in the world
Humbling thread.
Worst - realising my wife who seemed so sweet when we married in 2011 was in fact the worlds worst nag/deluded and making my life a complete misery and even had me arrested on trumped up assault charges. .
Best - she left in October and I haven't heard a word from her since.
Worst: Lost a very good, close friend to cancer and am trying to help her husband & young son rebuild their lives.
Best: Nobby Jr's tests on his dicky ticker have all shown no deterioration & he's now been allowed to join a local U11 footy side.
Here's hoping everyone's sh** disappears in 2013.
I've had best and worst - but to be honest, compared to some people's experiences this year my worst moments seem rather trivial.
Hope everyone has a better 2013 - and hurrah for Nobby Jr 😀
Best - Baby boy born March 10th, Thomas is a perfect!
Worse - Best friend and riding buddy died in July, i've ridden about 3 times since.
Had a tough split from girlfriend. Not ridden mtb in over a year through back problems, started smoking again were the lowlights.
No real highs i can recall. Things will hopefully improve!