Diary of a day during the COVID-19 pandemic

It’s been months since we’ve been locked in our houses. This due to the situation created by the known as “COVID-19” pandemic, which is taking
so many human lives. This is why we’re obliged to stay at home, in order to be safer and protected from this pandemic.

I’ll start writing what a day of mine at house is like. Like the other days that have passed, this one is similar to them, with no major difference. I wake up hoping that this day will be better that the previous one; that there will be no new cases – hoping that we will receive some good news and this isolation will take an end. I go from my room to kitchen, and there I find my mother who always wakes up early and cooks for us. I help her making the table and serving the food.

I go out to call my dad for breakfast and I find him at the yard, watering the flowers – like he usually does. This is his daily routine which he does with satisfaction. My brother who used to get up early and go to work, has continued his work of a journalist even in this time of pandemic. He is constantly threatened by the virus, and this concerns us a lot. I start cleaning the house, which is something usual for us women. My little sister tries to help me and my mother doing the chores.

I spend the rest of the day studying, reading several research, and sometimes I watch movies. I’m going for walks in the evening these days. I did so today as well. I enjoyed the nature in this beautiful season, its greenery, and the beauties of my village. This helps me keep my mind away from the media and other things that concern us during this period.

This is a usual day of mine during the pandemic. I’ll finish writing, hoping that next time I’ll write more about what I did outside the house, like going at University, meeting my colleagues, friends, visiting various places, and many other things.

This article was written by Erblina Bajra, a student in the Department of Social Work in UP under the monitoring of professor Vjollca Krasniqi within the cooperation with SIT. This article was written within the project “Men and Boys as Partners in Promoting Gender Equality and the Prevention of Youth Extremism and Violence in the Balkans”, implemented by CARE International Balkans in partnership with SIT and YMCA in Kosovo and supported by Austrian Development Agency, and Oak Foundation.