Tag: Lab Mice

Three Years

It’s been three years since I first got sick with long covid. That’s a lot of hash marks.

From Q is for Quarantine: A Coronavirus Alphabet

(I am STILL working on Q is for Quarantine…as always, just out of sheer stubbornness. I’m still here, so this book is going to exist.)

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From the original post:

This wasn’t part of the original alphabet I created in April 2020, because “long-haul covid” or “long covid” were terms only just coming into existence then–but it certainly deserves a place in this collection.

One of the things that stood out to me, once I discovered other covid long-haulers, was that we were all keeping count of the days we had been ill. I stopped counting days at 100, and started counting months…and now, years. It has indeed been a long road.

October

October starts tomorrow, which means that it is also the beginning of:

1) Inktober

2) Dysautonomia Awareness Month

I’ve wanted to participate in Inktober with Lab Mice for years, and finally decided to go for it. I have a goal to complete all 31 prompts, one each day. Doing this on the heels of finishing Q is for Quarantine probably means that I will be very tired by November 1 (so, probably not doing NaNoWriMo this year).

I will be posting photos of each day’s drawings on Lab Mice’s Facebook and Instagram pages, and will do a weekly post here on the blog.

It’s also Dysautonomia Awareness Month, which will be inspiring a few of my cartoons for the Inktober prompts (like #17, “salty”). I was diagnosed with POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome–a form of dysautonomia) a year-and-a-half ago, and cartooning has helped me keep my spirits up and see the funny side of things while I learn to manage it.

It’s going to be a very busy month!

Y is for Years

Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet

One more letter to go!

I had no ideas for “Y” until a week ago, when it occurred to me that I’ve drawn two comics on the subject already. This was obviously not a part of the original list, because in April 2020, everyone was talking hopefully in terms of weeks or months. We didn’t know that covid had signed up for a full marathon, and not just a 5k….

X is for X-ray

Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet

In an alphabet book, the options for “x” are either “x-ray” or “xylophone.” Though I am sure some ambitious person taught themselves to play the xylophone during lockdown, “x-ray” seemed much more relevant to the pandemic.

This one wins the award for “Struggled Most to Draw.” Be assured that I will not be releasing a Lab Mice anatomy textbook anytime soon.