Is it or isn't it?

My rule of thumb for my temperature-on-rising tracking is that "normal" is anything under 98.0F (unless I've lolled in bed until 9am or so, which it's higher). This morning I was 98.1 and later in the morning the back of my throat is tickling. I did a Covid test, which was negative, but as a precaution I've told the boss I'm not working on-site tomorrow (which I'd been scheduled to do), and I dropoped messages to the dentist's office (where I was yesterday afternoon) and the masseuse (where I was Tuesday evening). (Both were appreciative of the note.)

I have previously noted that WFH makes questions around sick leave a bit different. Whereas the previous balance involved "am I sick enough to not work at all," now there are two levels: "Am I sick enough to not go on site" and "am I sick enough to justify not working at all." WFH means there's that option of "there's stuff I really need to get done, but I don't want to expose people" (which we all used to make Bad Decisions around). But it feels (to me) like the bar for "not work at all" is higher.l

In any case, maybe the warmer weather had provoked some flowers and it's allergies, but I'm glad to be able to make better choices that I felt like I had in the Before Times.