I feel like I’m just tempting fate if I actually vote before January 1st. Thus far, though, it has been a very stressful year, but overall, it gets a thumbs up.
I gave it 8 - overall pretty good. The worst part was having a carcinoma removed from my scalp, and that was more annoying that horrible. Our fridge died, but we were able to replace it right away. Same with the microwave.
On the plus side, I went back to work at a job I’m enjoying for a pleasant amount of pay. No deaths in the family - not even pets. We had cruise control installed in the truck, and the peasants rejoiced! And my sister finally connected with the son she’d put up for adoption 32 years ago, and we all got to meet him and his adoptive parents - a very happy ending for my sis. We’ve managed to avoid debt, and with me working, we’re padding our retirement fund rather than depleting it. All in all, 2015 treated us well.
A nine. The only major downer was the death of my brother, but we were estranged, so the impact wasn’t as bad as it could have been. Otherwise, it was pretty good. Our health is good, lost a lot of weight, did some traveling, visited my kids and grandkids. I find that as I’m getting older, an ordinary year rates highly.
Not good. A 2 perhaps.
Learned the full impact of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Lost a nephew at one week of age. Planning a funeral for an infant sucks beyond words.
Work keeps adding responsibilities but not the time or resources to accomplish the new objectives.
It is finally my turn for vacation at Christmas (I get it once every 12-15 years in my job). I don’t feel safe visiting the in laws family home as the neighborhood has become a shooting gallery for the local gangsters. Three homicides and an armed robbery in the last fours days there.
The one bright spot was the birth of a cousin. We really got to hail a taxi and tell the driver, “to the hospital, quick! She’s in labor!” OK… it was in Spanish but something like that. Alas the baby will be growing up in the aforementioned family home.
2016 has got to be better, right?
On the upside, I went to some hotels/casinos in the Palm springs area for fun, trips to a nearby casino with my mom and her retirement home friends on their bus, stayed in San Diego and saw Sam Smith; saw him earlier in the year at the Forum; saw Duran Duran at the Hollywood Bowl; saw a Beatles tribute band with the Pasadena Pops at the Arboretum. I also got to spend a weekend with an old pal in November; I’ve known him since kindergarten.
On the downside:
Two of my neighbors died, one of whom was a very good friend; another had a stroke; my mom had breast cancer surgery, I had shoulder surgery, my cat had dental surgery, a friend had foot surgery. A family member was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; a colleague in my dept. at work died from that same disease.
I’ve had Achilles tendonitis since late summer/early fall and it’s just getting worse despite multiple treatments.
So my score should be middle/low-ish?
I voted 5 because some really good stuff happened and one really,* really* bad thing happened. It sort of averaged out but not because it was a boring year.
I rate 2015 an “8”.
It started off a little rough. A few key people at work quit, and I ended up picking up a lot of the slack. Work was very stressful for a while until we replaced those people and my workload lessened a bit. On the plus side, my boss understood how hard I was working and that was factored into my bonus this year.
I bought a new house which is much nicer than my old house. The new house is on a lake and I bought a couple of kayaks, so I spent a good part of the summer kayaking. The cat loves the new place too, since the large windows let in a lot more light than my previous place.
I went to my very first con - GenCon 2015! It was awesome. I plan on going again in 2016.
The only bad thing that happened was my car died. But it was about time to get a new one anyway, so I now have a much nicer, newer car.
Things for my family and friends were great this year - challenging, but everything came out with a good ending. I wasn’t so lucky. My job has become a suppurating toxic waste pile and I will either be transferred out of the country or be severed sometime in 2016. I’ll be 60 when this happens, so it’s a rotten time of life to make major changes like this. My RA has gotten quite a bit worse this year. The old meds aren’t helping anymore and the new ones aren’t either. I sleep very little, due to the pain, and my normal patience has eroded to the point where I’m exploding over the tiniest things. I don’t do well with sleep deprivation and with fewer days when I can get out and exercise and wear off my grumpiness that way, my attitude is suffering. I think this may be the last winter for my elderly dog. He is having difficulty getting around and while the vet says his stomach cancer hasn’t recurred, he is throwing up a lot again all of a sudden.
So I guess this all comes down to about a ‘5’. I’m thrilled my family is thriving and I hope that continues into 2016. But I’m also going to be a wee bit selfish and hope that things are better for me next year.
This. Nothing majorly bad happened so that jumps it up to a 7. Then some good stuff happened so that bumps it to a 9 for me.
Lousy start, being that our heads were barely above water when i lost my job in April; worse middle since I was unemployed for 6 months, then a glorious finish when I got a job working from home making more money than ever starting at the end of October and received a huge payout from an investment account in December (which is mainly being re-invested since i don’t need it so much anymore).
I lost maybe 15 lbs. because I was unemployed during the spring and summer so I got to ride my bike a lot. Plus I didn’t pig out so much anyway due to my budget. So that was good. Otherwise a lot of suckage most of the year including a broken down car and burst pipes from the cold. Everybody’s health is good so I can’t complain about that. 7 overall I suppose.
It was my first full year as a lawyer, with all the challenges and benefits that entails. Not incidentally, it was also the first year when I felt comfortable with my salary. Even though my wife has always made a good amount of money it was a nice feeling to be able to contribute to the household again. Nobody I know died, and lots of friends had good news. Also I got a PS4 the other day. Years don’t come much better than that.
I gave it a 4. Last year was worse. I’m hoping for a brighter 2016.
- I was sick a lot, I broke my leg, my mom was in and out of the hospital with congestive heart failure. Not the worst year, but not stellar either.
I rated it a 7 because this year I’ve been at my most productive and grown my skills the most. I’ve made something impressive that I’m really proud of and I am also proud of myself for sticking with it. Plan to continue that in the coming year. The only thing that could’ve made this year better would be a new day job and getting to go on an overseas trip.
It sucks to hear about all the people who had deaths in their families though. My brother got hit by a truck while on his motorcycle but thankfully nothing life-altering happened. Oh, he’s fractured all over, but after he heals everything will be normal again, so it’s as good a result as you can get for being legit hit by a truck…
Pretty decent, nobody died, a healthy baby was born in the family, got some outside refurbishing done around the house, finances seem to be in better shape than the beginning of the year, and took a proper vacation this year.
Downside:
My beloved cat monstro died.
Upside:
I bought a house.
My sister got married.
I got a promotion (with a raise!)
I brought home a new cat yesterday. I love him already.
This was a good year for me.
Slightly better than average. Nothing much to brag about but nothing terrible to try to forget.
I would give 2015 a good solid 7. The boss and the fill-in contractor at work sucked all year long but other than that I can’t complain.
2015 turned out to be one of the worst years ever. This year my best friend’s 17 year old son killed himself. He was also my own 17 year old son’s oldest friend as the two were born only weeks apart. His death at the end of October has pretty much erase all memory of good things that might have happened this year.
- Would’ve been 10, with fireworks, except a couple I’m friends decided to separate, divorce, live separately but each could have the house for a while and so on. I was frequently caught in the middle trying to just stay sane.
Otherwise, my mood has been good; doc thinks we’ve finally got the right dosage of antidepressant. For the first time in so many years I don’t think of myself as mentally flawed. I need meds, but I’m ok. Cataract surgery went well and Medicare paid for all of it. My sister came out for the surgery, and we had a really good time. So for me, 2015 was the best year in a long run of awfuls.