Zinc does work, if you suck on a lozenge or two as soon as you feel the cold symptom that always hits you first. Me, it's a scratchy throat. I never use the expensive version (Zicam) - the grocery store has inexpensive zinc lozenges and a bottle lasts for years.

This morning is almost cool enough for a sweater though it will be several weeks before it cools enough to switch from AC to heat on the heat pumps.

I came into contact with something coconut last week and the slow outbreak of a contact dermatitis or eczema has spread to several fingers. Possibly the contents of some of the hand soap along the way. There is a lot of hand-washing when one travels.

A new week awaits, let's see how it goes.