Cailey’s Quarantine Journal Entry

“I feel like I’m floating… Nothing has consequences or structure”

This excerpt has been taken from the journal of a young girl who lived in Los Angeles through the Covid-19 Pandemic, the highly contagious disease that would eventually obliterate the entire human race. It was written three months after the virus was declared an serious international health threat by health officials, and provides an intimate and personal look into how humans went on living their lives under the newly implemented stay-at-home orders that were common during this time.

I feel like I’m floating. Nothing has consequences or structure, and I guess that’s good sometimes. I don’t really know.

Mom went back to work today, which sucks. It was nice to have her home for a little while. I never get to see her otherwise. So that’s one good thing that’s happened since the lockdown.

The case count went up to 400,000 today. That’s almost half a million, which is ridiculous. Apparently, when Trump said he would make America the number one country, this is what he meant. Lots of people have lost their jobs, and are struggling to live. Our family lucked out – we got a lot of money from the government. And with my mom going back to work, we’re doing even better. But if I’m being completely honest, I wouldn’t mind if our whole world was just stuck online. I only really talk to five people anyway, and two of those people are my mom and stepdad. Sure, it’s a lot harder to go out and do what you like, but it is still possible to hang out with friends and eat food from restaurants. It’s just more of a process now, I guess. At least I don’t spend as much money as I used to.