LIFE DURING COVID

DAY 1 

On a live press meeting held on March 11, Turkish Health Minister declared that there is a virus called Covid-19 and it is dangerous as it takes peoples' lives. It was spread all around the world and now it was in Turkey. As he said everything was under control, we all believe that Covid will not be a big problem for Turkey. 

We all think that Covid will stay for a short while and go. We will not be affected a lot. In 2020, technology and science must be able to solve Covid problem easily. There is no need to worry. Like my friends I am happy to hear about the precautions. May be we will not be able to go to school for a short while. Online education can be a solution and a good change for us. Let's wait and see.

DAY 2

Day 1 was fine. I spent all my time in my bedroom. I made chat and talked with my friends till midnight. We were all curious about the virus. We shared news with each other. We also had fun together. We were not aware of the whole risks. We didn't take it into account very serious. I slept vey late. On day 2, I received a message from my coach. The message was about our volleyball training times. Coach’s message was saying that there will not be any training for a while. Training days and times was going to be organized according to pandemic. I used to go to volleyball three times a week with this new annoucement I was shocked and worried about my hobby. I realized that it may end for ever. I never thought that my life could change so much.

DAY 3

It was day 3. Daily walking and listening to music was a very important part of my life. I used to walk every day with my best friend Ege, in our site. That day we met again with Ege and walked in our site but it was very different. This time we had masks on our faces. It was very strange and very disturbing. We couldn't walk enough as we had trouble in breathing. We could hardly hear each other. We looked very ugly. I didn’t like this situation. Everything was changing very quick. I was getting worried as we couldn't control anything and news were saying that we will not be able to go back to old days soon.

DAY 4

Until day 4, I ate only healthy foods like green vegetables, meat, legumes and didn't eat or drink unhealthy ones. Unfortuntely I could only resist for 4 days. Me and my family were stressed and worried.  I got borried at home and wanted to spend time in the kitchen. Although I know it is not good to eat unhealthy food I couldn't stop myself. I wanted to cook and eat unhealthy things. I cooked fried potatoes and spagetti often. I drank coke and too much coffee. I also ate too much chocolate and cake. I think because of the stress we couldn't think and behave reasonable. At the end of day 4, I realized that I put on 2 kg weight.

DAY 5

Besides eating unhealthy food, my sleep pattern was broken. I couldn't sleep till 4 am on day 5 and couldn't go to school the day after. As I slept too late I couldn't wake up on time. If I had to go to school that time and catch up the school bus I would have missed it.I was not alone. Me and my friends were all the same. We talked all night long about Covid through Zoom. We all talked about the changes in our personal lives and the worries about future. We also played online games just to have fun and forget about the pandemic. We gave pshycological support to each other.Thanks to god we were able to communicate and see each other.

DAY 6

On day 6 I felt that I was really depressed. Me and my family couldn't stop watching news from all around the world. We started to watch the news non stop. In the house we only talked about Covid and argued about the increase in the cases. We discussed about the precautions taken in Turkey and we also talked about the conspiracy theories. A theory tells that this virus came from China because of a man who ate bat and other theory tells that it was a planned attack by a country to kill people. All these theories and news shocked us. I was worried about my and my family's future and health.

    DAY 7

I couldn't see my friends, couldn't hug or kiss them for a week. I wasn't use to it. I was really unhappy. When I learned that we will not be able to hug or hand shake again for at least one year I was shocked. When I met my friends on House Party application that day I realized how much I loved and missed them. I didn't know that this was just the beginning. When I think about it today, I wouldn’t believe that it will go on for another year more.

DAY 8

It was really strange to realize that me, my family and friends got used to take care of the precautions and wear masks all the time. We were washing our hands and started using disinfectants after coming from outside. We knew that wearing masks was the most important precaution that we can take. We were safe as long as we were very careful. We had to stay at home and stay away from our elders. On day 8 if we knew that the pandemic will go on one year more we would all get frustrated and wouldn't believe that this could be true but unfortunately it became true.