Will I Get Sick To Start Off The New Year? Who Knows?

So I got back from my long-running New Year's Eve/Day tradition of ringing in the New Year at my friend's with his family.  Love it -- it's always great to greet the New Year with people.  (I think I've said this before: As a follower of an Eastern religion but a man born in the West, New Year's Day is, in many ways, much more sacred to me than Christmas.)

But -- and my friend forewarned me about this -- a couple of his family members in the house have the flu.  They did not come downstairs for the party, instead staying in their house while I was there.  With that being said, of course, they probably interacted with their family members, many of whom were downstairs with me as the ball (well, we watched the one on CBS/Channel 4, which was based in Nashville, so the eighth note) dropped.  So, could the flu bug have been passed on to me through these intermediaries?  Absolutely.

Don't feel sick in any way -- yet.  Hope this isn't my start to a 2025 that, politically at least, will be very, very crappy.