Another explosion, another day, another year of war
In a month it will be two years since Russia invaded Ukraine.
I woke up at 6 am. It wasn’t a hunch — my throat hurt and my boyfriend was snoring. I went to the kitchen and made a cup of rooibos tea, then went into the living room and played Prince of Persia on the Nintendo Switch for an hour. Around 7 am I heard explosions — Russians were attacking Kyiv again. I woke up my boyfriend and we went into the hallway to hide. It didn’t last long — about 20 minutes or so. Later I tried to sleep in the bedroom, but my boyfriend was snoring again. I had to move into the living room again and sleep on a mattress there. I managed to sleep another two hours.
It’s 11 am now. I’m in a cafe. I just had breakfast and a cappuccino with rice-hazelnut milk. It’s time to work.
Do I want to work after such a night?
Not really.
Do I need money?
Yes, I do — more than ever.
War only increases financial demands, not vice versa.
In a month it will be two years since Russia invaded Ukraine. The war has been going on for two full years of human life. Who would have thought of this at the very beginning? It seemed that the end was just around the corner and the…