I Can Stop Anytime I Want

I have to start this post by saying that I am really happy it's Tuesday. Mondays are never my favorite, but yesterday was a doozy. Rainbow went back to in-person school yesterday morning for the first time since before Thanksgiving, and because the school had had them bring all their stuff home to do virtual class in December, she had a fully stuffed backpack plus two full tote bags to take in with her. I guess that was too much to keep track of, because about three minutes after she and the Mister drove off, I noticed that she'd forgotten her lunch, so I called him and they had to circle back to retrieve it. As if that wasn't enough, around the same time, we got an automated phone call from the water company letting us know that they were doing work in our area and we might experience low water pressure or total loss of service. "Might experience" turned into about five hours of no water (and I have to say that from what I could see when I went to pick Rainbow up from school, it didn't look like they'd done anything). Thankfully the switch-off happened while I was on my walk, after I'd already had coffee and breakfast and brushed my teeth, but there's nothing like knowing that you don't have water to make you constantly feel like you have to pee! I also didn't get to shower until about 2:15, so I was in my workout clothes most of the day. At least I didn't have to go to the office!

Knitting was pretty crucial to maintaining my sanity yesterday. In between checking the faucet, I worked on my second Bousta Beanie (yes, you read that correctly), and I finished it up last night:

The first hat, the one on the right here, was finished and blocked last week, and I so enjoyed knitting it, I decided to do another with the leftover yarn and the colors reversed. The latest one, on the left, obviously has not been blocked yet, but you might be able to tell that it's a bit smaller than the first. The first one fits me but has a little room, and because the natural yarn was a bit thinner than the dyed yarn, I thought I'd go down a needle size when using it as the main color. It's a snug fit on me but likely will relax a bit in blocking. Rainbow had asked if I'd make her a hat and I'd intended to give her one of these, but she tried on the first one and said it was a little too scratchy for her, so I guess I need to use some merino for hers and find another recipient for one of these (or, I suppose, just keep them both for myself). I still have some of both yarns leftover, though not nearly enough for another hat. I am tempted to raid my stash for partial skeins of fingering and see what color combinations I can come up with, but I also should probably move on to another project. Right?