Grateful: The science of vaccines and people who help each other.

I am very grateful for the science of vaccines. And to all the people who work tirelessly to make this pandemic end and help us all survive through these times - in myriad huge and visible or tiny and subtle ways of everyday life. 

Our nonagenarian got both shots of the COVID-19 vaccine - and we are looking forward to the times when we will worry less. 

Here is my sketch record of the shot #1 

And this is shot #2.
She got a "COVID-19 vaccinated" pin and proudly attached it to the cardigan that she knitted herself. 

6 months in

About six months ago - when Covid quarantine started I made a document for a “list of things to remember to do when this is over”. I stopped adding things to it by mid-June I think and completely forgot about it by July. Today I opened the document, crossed things that were done, moved the rest to other plans, and closed the document. 

My Life Under Coronavirus Quarantine.

These are unusual times. I thought that as someone who worked from home for many years now I will just continue doing what I usually do and will have an advantage of everything being "as usual" for me.
But as I found out it is not so.

• Kids are home all the time; 
• Parents are home all the time;
• Whole Bay Area is under a "shelter in place" order (meaning you leave home for essential business only and to get some fresh air. But should stay 6 feet (2 m) away from other people);
• The discipline of not checking the news, email and social media is down;
• Worry about relatives, friends, and the world, in general, is up;
• Ability to concentrate or tolerate weather is down;
• Hypochondria (as well as suspicion about every cough anyone produces) is up;

I am trying to sketch through all of this but accepting whatever happens on the page, setting a timer and just making my hand move for some uninterrupted number of minutes. Also - by sketching every time I go out - even for a minute :)