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The Game of COVID Life

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Title (Dublin Core)

The Game of COVID Life

Description (Dublin Core)

During the quarantine, my wife and I were having a hard time trying to adjust to our jobs being remote. We were not used to staring at computer screens for 8+ hours. The feeling of stress was overwhelming. I’m sure everyone in the world can relate to this experience. We really needed something to raise our spirits after time passed by and the world was still shut down.
When my wife and I first got married in 2019, we had a problem of spending money on board games of all kinds. We ended up with a collection of 47 board games by the time COVID started (we began our marriage with about 12 board games). The thing is, with our jobs (my wife being a Public Library Administrator and I being a teacher and coach), we hardly had time to play some except a few. Who would have thought that we were unknowingly preparing for a quarantine.
Our collection helped us escape reality for a bit each time we played. Game nights became a regular occurrence and we still hold them to this day. We were able to connect more as a couple and strengthen our relationship. The sounds of dice being rolled, cards being shuffled, and game pieces being moved remind me how board games helped us cope with the unexpected changes in our lives and recharge our batteries to keep going forward.
Audio file: The sound of dice being rolled and a piece being moved on a game board.

Date (Dublin Core)

April 3, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Daniel Davila

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Daniel Davila

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Audio

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Entertainment: Movies, Theater, etc.
English Home & Family Life

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Houston
Texas
board game
relationship
remote work
shelter-in-place
quarantine
dice

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

Houston
Texas
board game
relief
stress
quarantine
therapy
perseverance
sensory history

Collection (Dublin Core)

Teleworking

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Sensory history submissions and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

1/14/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

1/20/2021
5/9/21
07/01/2021

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on January 14, 2021 by Daniel Davila 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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