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A Pandemic Birthday
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A Pandemic Birthday
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This year, birthdays were different. I didn’t get to celebrate with friends and family, I didn’t go out to eat, I didn’t celebrate with drinks at a bar, and I had to cancel a trip to Chicago that involved museum trips and live shows. Leading up to my birthday, I felt a sense of loss and homesickness, and felt some resentment about not being able to celebrate while others ignored Covid restrictions and stay-at-home orders. That being said, I made an attempt to turn my attitude around, and planned some simple, fun activities I could do at home. I ordered food in, picked up a pie from a local bakery, carved pumpkins with my family, and ended my day with some Animal Crossing. It ended up being one of the most relaxing birthdays I’ve ever had, and I received lots of virtual love from friends and family that brought me a sense of closeness, despite the distance.
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birthday
fall
pumpkin
carving
pie
family
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COVID Birthdays
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
02/07/2021
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02/07/2021
02/19/2021
03/03/2021
07/08/2021
08/02/2022
09/12/2024
Date Created (Dublin Core)
10/06/2020
This item was submitted on February 7, 2021 by Julia Jensen using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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