What a crap shoot staying healthy is. So many variables are in play. We do our best, see our doctors, listen to their advice.

Sometimes there are good seasons and difficult ones. We get most all the preventive shots because that is what our doctors recommend.

We go out to eat, we travel a bit, have family gatherings, go to public indoor events in the winter season and are probably exposed to just about everything. Sometimes we catch it, sometimes not.

Time to time we help our children with their children. For instance, my better half picked up our granddaughter from school because she had picked up something and wasn’t feeling good. Something we have no problem doing and are always there for them and glad we are.

We are careful. I wash my hands a lot. If we travel this season, I’ve thought about wearing a mask on a flight.

But it’s really a crap shoot. The wrong spot, the wrong time, the wrong contact. I hear several things are going around already at schools.

I’m not going to obsess about it. But I am more cautious this time of year. I hate being out in the cold anyway. Except seated or standing near my firepit.

So, step up, do your part in keeping yourself and others healthy. And care for those who aren’t as lucky.