re: Has anybody had anything good happen in 2020 so far?

I am in a business that is experiencing record high demand and prices. Our profits are through the roof. Its better than my wildest dreams.

I'm in the middle of a two week RV trip through the Rockies with my kids. We're having a blast.

I feel ya man, it's been hell for me too. Broke up with my girl right before this whole quarantine shite went down. Sucks hella arse not being able to distract myself from that, but I'm pulling through. I basically just look forward to college football season, but I kinda think thats not gonna happen anymore so hell continues.

I started a new job in February. Snuck it in right before the buzzer. I'd have been up shite creek if I was still looking when the shutdown happened.

It has been a fairly dreadful year. Like all businesses, my firm's revenues have declined significantly as a consequence of the pandemic, which has reduced my earnings in turn. Recently, after toiling for several months to win a massive project from a client, that project was summarily tranferred to a competitor exclusively on the basis of race by the the minority executives of the client. They did not even bother to create a pretext for the maneuver, they openly acknowledge it was done in the interests of advancing social "justice." All cultural, sporting, social, and leisure activities I enjoy have been eradicated. I was supposed to take a memorable and long-awaited vacation with my significant other, but that was obviously cancelled. My daughter's schooling has been disrupted, which makes me concerned for her social and intellectual well-being. It is also exhausting to try to care for a child at home and maintain a demanding career. And finally, the vitriolic and irrational sociopolitical climate in this country is depressing. I fear that merit and reason and decency and freedom are endangered. The public mind is unmoored. The situation makes my life and efforts feel futile, my goals unreachable. Hopefully, it will all pass.

In the good column: I think my significant other is gorgeous and sensuous, I love her and I believe we have a great relationship, I love my wonderful daughter beyond words, no one I know has gotten seriously ill, I am fortunate enough to still be employed, I've continued to work out during quarantine, I've had the opportunity read and think during quarantine. I am grateful for these blessings. I know there are many people enduring greater hardships than me.

I got married in Charleston in June and actually was able to have a great week and wedding ceremony with about 100 people despite it all

It was even a fairly cool weekend for June. Almost like there was divine intervention to make it a special week.

New grand baby. Got to meet her at my moms funeral this weekend.

Working from home and will probably never report to an office again.

We could turn just about all of these into a Bad luck Brian 2020 meme.

Every day is a blessing, friend.

So far I woke up every morning in 2020....I think that's good news. Is it?