Your best moment of 2011

[TheDuke]

Finding £20 note on the pavement, Preston Drove, 23/12/2011

I knew it would turn up eventually. I'll send in my address for you to return my loved one. thanks Tom

AND>>>>> "Barrel of fun"... that was a fabby thread... good luck to you chum... don't know you but other P's say you deserve a bit of good fortune.

 

[Reinelt12]

On a football level then it has to be this day...

How the M25 nearly killed my dream

Apart from that it hasn't been a great year for our family - but 2012 is going to be a lot lot better!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

That's a great story [MENTION=5392]Reinelt12[/MENTION] - I felt the sheer terror.

Thanks for the kind words NSCers. I had a bit of a slump pretty much after I wrote that. I had pinned my hopes on getting into teaching and my applications to undergo a PGCE did not come to fruition. I was slipping back into the dark and deep thoughts of yesteryear, but I am not going to let it overrule my positivity this time. Last Christmas, I was a broken man. The previous Christmas, I was a breaking man. I desperately wanted this Christmas to be different.

Job hunting can be a little demoralising at the best of times. My disadvantage of not being able to use a telephone is not great at the best of times, but I'm determined to not let the bastards grind me down this time. I've wasted enough time as it is.

It is frustrating to be turned down for many jobs without so much as a reason. I want to move on. It is a frustrating time for a man of such dazzling intellect and modesty.

Anyway... If you want to feel rich. Count the things around you that money can't buy... or something.

 

[albie_noobs]

2011 was pretty bad for me really. Lost my dad last month - although it came as a bit of a relief after about 4 years of him going downhill with Alzheimers, and he was completely out of it all year, it was still very tough. For myself, I have spent the last 6 months doing test after test to be prepared to be put on the transplant waiting list for a new kidney, so am on a huge amount of meds every day, injecting myself (not quite as bad as it sounds, but not fun). So, I now have 2-3 years of this before I get one, and when that comes it will be traumatic - also, the impending dialysis is going to be a nightmare.

Having said all that, I am actually quite content at the mo. Love my job and they have been extrmely flexible to accomodate the above, and I have just got an outstadning appraisal for the year - remarkable given how much time I've had to take off & work from home. Love my house which is approaching some sort of completion. Love my cats.

2011 wasn't good, 2012 may not be much better, but hey-ho onwards and upwards.

Sad to hear that mate, I lost my dad 3 years ago to Alzheimer's aswell, for a long while the only memory I had of him was in the latter years as a mere shadow of himself. Those memories do fade though and you will remember him as he was in his former glory because those are the more powerful memories.
Good luck pal and I hope all goes well with your illness too.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

This will sound a bit corny.

I had been suffering from severe depression for longer than I care to remember. I had been unemployed for a 'good' year, struggling to get out of bed, struggling to sleep, struggling to exist. I managed to blag myself a job, with a little help from my friends, working for the council in Preston Park.

The structure and fresh air gave me a massive lift. In the space of a year, I went from wanting to throw myself in to the Thames, into a functioning human being with aspirations for the future.

On 7th June (I know the date as that is recorded as a missed call from her to give me her number), I spotted a lady walking past the Bowling Pavilion. I hadn't been without the odd fling and so on, but they were consequential of a night out or a wedding or a party. Nothing particularly meaningful. Difficult to start something up when one dislikes themselves.

By the time I had ummed and ahhed about whether to introduce myself, she had disappeared. So, I chased after her and grabbed her in the Rose Garden (not a euphemism). We got chatting and eventually one thing led to another over the summer. Still hanging in there (I like to think) and it seems that there was a soulmate for me after all.

She is of a certain age (mid 30s) and wants to settle down and have kids, so it is up to me to prove that I have some sort of future and be able to provide for her in the future. Unemployed at the moment, but 2012 is definitely going to be my year. The first year I am actually looking forward to for a long, long time.

Well, it didn't quite work out to plan and I can re-list myself as being single.

The idiot that I am, I never quite managed to show how much she means to me. I harbour ideals that I shall win her back, but probably too little, too late. :WANKER:

'tis an important year for me. Whilst feeling down about (pretty much) everything, it is a lifetime away from wanting to throw myself in the Thames.

 

[SeagullSongs]

This will sound a bit corny.

I had been suffering from severe depression for longer than I care to remember. I had been unemployed for a 'good' year, struggling to get out of bed, struggling to sleep, struggling to exist. I managed to blag myself a job, with a little help from my friends, working for the council in Preston Park.

The structure and fresh air gave me a massive lift. In the space of a year, I went from wanting to throw myself in to the Thames, into a functioning human being with aspirations for the future.

On 7th June (I know the date as that is recorded as a missed call from her to give me her number), I spotted a lady walking past the Bowling Pavilion. I hadn't been without the odd fling and so on, but they were consequential of a night out or a wedding or a party. Nothing particularly meaningful. Difficult to start something up when one dislikes themselves.

By the time I had ummed and ahhed about whether to introduce myself, she had disappeared. So, I chased after her and grabbed her in the Rose Garden (not a euphemism). We got chatting and eventually one thing led to another over the summer. Still hanging in there (I like to think) and it seems that there was a soulmate for me after all.

She is of a certain age (mid 30s) and wants to settle down and have kids, so it is up to me to prove that I have some sort of future and be able to provide for her in the future. Unemployed at the moment, but 2012 is definitely going to be my year. The first year I am actually looking forward to for a long, long time.

I actually sprayed my coffee upon reading that bit.
But a great post, hope 2012 is treating you well so far!

My best moments of 2011 were getting my AS results, I was over the moon!
Meeting this girl who is practically perfect in every way.
On holiday in Rhodes, walking out of the apartment at 9am in the morning and it was already 40 degrees and thinking "This is the life."

 

[Brightonfan1983]

A mate texting me that Gus had resigned (on April 1st), then texting again, when I'd hurled outraged questions at him, telling me to check the date. Boy was I happy!!




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[tedebear]

Well, it didn't quite work out to plan and I can re-list myself as being single.

The idiot that I am, I never quite managed to show how much she means to me. I harbour ideals that I shall win her back, but probably too little, too late. :WANKER:

'tis an important year for me. Whilst feeling down about (pretty much) everything, it is a lifetime away from wanting to throw myself in the Thames.

Sorry to hear that Bof, hopefully you can win her back. Its hard to show whats inside when its been in there so long you don't know how to let it out. Maybe you just need to explain that to her.....worth a shot?

 

[fisons]

Matt's innings against Hampshire and the Monty/Naveed partnership against Lanky were very good but Amstelveen was the highlight of 2011