2009 SUCKS!

Dude that sucks. 2009 has been alright to me, but 2007 was a roller coaster of year as far as high and low points. Hang in there man!

I can feel your pain, man. 2009 has been the year of deaths in my family, and close calls.

(GR)Killer said:

First, my bathroom sink breaks and water leaks everywhere, including in the walls, and downstairs, and all over the house in spots. We had to get restoration guys here asap and BARELY made it out lucky or we would have to rip walls apart and stuff.

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Yeah, I know how you feel. This happened to me back in September of '08. There's a thread about it on this forum with pics.

Hope yours wasn't as bad as mine.

hey look on the bright side, we're not even halfway through yet.

2009 can change.

Sucks man. Hang in there. It'll balance itself out.

Pretty much with you. My grandpa died just at the beginning of 2009.

Everyone has good years and bad. Big things seem to happen for me every 5 years, like huge life changes. 2006 and 7 were in some ways the worst years of my life, but in other ways I learned a lot from them and as a result became a stronger person from experiencing them. You can usually only appreciate this in retrospect. My cat died in much the same way recently - I felt bad about that but somehow it's different when you haven't seen the thing in a few years anyway. I've experienced my share of pet and friend deaths though.

As far as this 5 year thing:

2008- Got married, moved away from the place that was probably the toughest trial I've ever been through in the Arctic Circle.. Bought a house. Positive change

2003- Met the woman I would marry. Caught a major illness that was going around in Canada. Thought I was going to die. Didn't. Got contact lenses for the first time in my life. Worked out the hardest I have in my life. Lost 30 lbs. Experienced a very real feeling vision. Travelled across the globe by myself for the first time, and saw London, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. Prepared to move away from the home I had lived in for 25 years.

1998- Travelled to the US by myself a couple of times. Lost the first girlfriend I'd had. Started a band and recorded in a studio. Learned a lot about myself.

1993- Young and impressionable. Had never had a brother figure per se, and our family took in a renter who was much older than me and yet also into stuff life snowboarding and similar music. Discovered a lot of music that would make an impact on me, had one of my most memorable years with snowboarding and skating.

That is a bit simplistic a viewpoint and certainly stuff has happened in other years in between, but those years have stood out to me and I found it a bit odd that they were spaced out that way.

Sorry about the cat man. Do you know what kind of problems it has specificly? I've seen plenty of cats/dogs with this problem that you have. The not pooping for a few days. That can be fixed. The cancer is another thing though. While you can get rid of most of it, it will be hard and a process that can last a month or more.

I know you love you cat as everyone does, but one thing people seem to forget is "can I afford it?" It's a very hard decision to make I know, but please don't be selfish and put alot of money into your cat if it's going to be miserable. That's the worst thing you can do. You don't want your cat to be all messed up and in pain just so you can have him still alive. It will make it much harder in the end. Working at a vet clinic, I always hear people say that they should have put their pet down sooner because they didn't realize the pain it was going through. Not to mention the cost of trying to keep your pet alive.

I know it's hard man. Trust me I do. I feel for you with your pet situation. It will all be ok though. Time will pass and new things will arive to keep you happy.

I always thought it was funny to see cats and dogs trying to wake up out/off of meds. It's like they are completely wasted (which they are) on booze or something.

@Bersy: Crap man, I am sitting here in total surprise, because the "simplified" list you provided here matches with a lot of things I did, except for the dates.

My worst year was probably '98.
You know when you have a couple of very good friends, so close that you treat them like your brothers - and then they move away or get married and have no time anymore - that sucks big time. But it's part of life, what do you wanna do? Lastly, I moved out to a different continent, which left a lot of people back home upset.
But before I got married I did the world tour on my own too.

Edit: Ha, Jackal our signatures look funny so close together...

Yeah I know that feeling well. As a matter of fact my best friend had moved away about 2 years prior to my own move. We often had deep conversations about how we were going to travel, make something of ourselves and such. He was the first to do it, and then he moved away to go to police academy and I was left more or less on my own, although I had some other friends nobody I trusted as well as him. I knew I had to figure things out and make some huge changes rather than sit there and stagnate, and I did. Unfortunately it meant I would hardly see him or anyone else I knew for a looong time. But what I've gained on the other side of the globe is something I wouldn't trade. I am hopeful that I will be able to visit Canada soon and see family, friends, my nieces and nephews that have started to grow up without me there. They don't have a clue who I am really, which is sort of a funny feeling.

Also, I think my sudden move came as a shock to pretty much everyone.

2009 has been a big roller coaster of heartbreak, happiness, more heartbreak, failed relationships and much more for me. Trust me, I feel your pain. I have to give my cats away here in about a week against my will because the place I'm moving into doesn't allow pets. I don't want to, but it's required. I'm going to miss them

Combine that with what happened to me at the beginning of the year(There's a thread somewhere) and yeah, it hasn't been a good year thus far overall.

The only thing I can tell you is to keep your chin up, smile, everything can always be worse, you know?

In other words, you only had one p*ssy on your mind.

ROFL Abyss

could be worse, im having a hell of a fortnight,
my grandma died,
my grandpa is now in hospital and not eating, drinking or getting out of bed,
and i go into college the next day and a guy from my course was hit by a car and died over the weekend.