According to my calendar, it's "Stay Home Because You're Well Day." I guess in a chain of days we stay home to try to remain well, it's a good twist on the theme.

My company has opened the office doors again. It's available, but unfinished in places, including where my teams desks are. I had thought to start dropping into the office starting this week, but my head-cold has made me a bit of a sniffly mess. I wondered this morning if it might not be a sinus infection instead, as I frequently get them near the end of seasonal allergy afflictions. (I gotta move somewhere else...) But this isn't as sinus-centric as I'd expect, and the telltale headaches and pressure aren't there. This is just annoying inner nose stuff.

A new variant of concern is afoot. We don't have it, nor do we believe it's nearby, but we're watching the news because of it. Came out of South Africa, announced on Friday. The President gave a bit of a talk about it, expressing optimistic caution, staying the course with vaccines and science, not chaos and panic. They turned the dial on some travel restrictions, and encouraged continued responsible care. Tried pitching vaccinations around the world, with US help, which I'm fine with because people, yeah?

We're turning our dial a little, also driven by the weather, and doing less mingling. The kids go to school, so that's really our bubble, which means our second-degree bubbles of the school families is chaotic and unknown. Still, we're vaccinated (kids get shot two soon), mask everywhere, avoid crowds (just literally cringed at the thought of going to next week's football game...it's a Thursday night game, so the missus will probably take a friend and I'll tuck in the kids), and all the other staying home things.

But, today we stay home because we're well. And because of the other things.

Everyone's healthy.