Your 2015 Highlight

[anaxcrosswords]

From terrorist attacks to flooding to Celebrity BB, plenty of bad stuff happened in 2015, so let’s end the year on a positive note. What was the best thing to happen to you?

Happy New Year to one and all.

[Bathsheba]

The best thing that happened to me, without a shadow of a doubt, was being released from a crippling few years of clinical depression! (well you did ask) ;)
What was your best thing anax? x x

[anaxcrosswords]

Delighted to hear that, Baths. Depression is a real thing, not a ‘get over it’ situation.
Best part of 2015 happened in my sleep.
In January I dreamt about someone from my past for the first time in decades. A freak turn of events effectively conned us out of a 5-year relationship at the precise point when she wanted us to get over a petty argument. The details are too complicated to put here, but we got it horribly wrong, and she has never known what happened.
This first dream had me meeting her about 20 years on and beginning to explain it all, the first step on a long road towards reconciliation.
5 or 6 dreams were spread over the year and, amazingly (because it never happens with other dreams), the story gradually moved on until the last one – at the beginning of November – which had a beautiful outcome.
The way we split up stays raw, but the dreams have stopped and I’m more at peace than I was.

BTW, my opinion on dreams being significant is the same as ever – ie it’s nonsense. The content of those dreams means almost nothing. I’m just glad of the effect they had at the end.

[-SharonA-]

Retiring from work!!! I've been working since I was 17, never out of work and I reckoned when I finally retired at state pension age, I deserved it!!!!

[Bathsheba]

I'm pleased for you, anax ;)

Did you get your pension at 60 Sha, or do you come into that daft change where we have to wait a couple of years?

Baths
x x x

[-SharonA-]

I had to wait 2 years and 6 months more!! I was fuming but held out.

[Tilly2]

You can get a bus pass now then, Sharon. Worth their weight in gold.

[Tilly2]

Baths, I am happy for you. Stay well. x

[Bathsheba]

Same as me then Sha! I've also been told I'll only get about 75% of it cause I didn't make enough contributions...:/

x xx

[Bathsheba]

Thanks Tilly,...I'll do my best ;)

xx

[-SharonA-]

Baths, 75% is better than nothing. And yes Tilly, got my bus pass and been few places with it!!