Item

A Pandemic Birthday

Title (Dublin Core)

A Pandemic Birthday

Description (Dublin Core)

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.

Date (Dublin Core)

October 6, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Julia Jensen

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Julia Jensen

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph
text

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Emotion
English Food & Drink
English Social Distance
English Home & Family Life

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

pumpkin
birthday
homesick
love
Chicago
Animal Crossing
gaming

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

birthday
fall
pumpkin
carving
pie
family

Collection (Dublin Core)

COVID Birthdays

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

02/07/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

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

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

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://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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