Power finally finally came back on around dinner time last night. I almost cried when we drove past and saw that the lights were on. The past week has been a blur of endless boredom punctuated by a few lovely moments. But mostly boredom.
We tried to stay in our apartment, but the lack of electricity and especially heat made us leave. We spent a few nights at my parents' house 10 minutes from our apartment and one evening at some friends' who only lost power for a few hours. We slept at the apartment... twice? We tried to spend Sunday here too (I think it was Sunday, they've all run together) and it was actually one of the nicest days of the whole ordeal. We'd been leaving Bosco behind and feeling horrible about it. He'd get a little playtime when we came to feed him, but not nearly enough. So when we came home on Sunday together and both sat down on the couch, he hopped right up between us (which he never does) and snuggled right up. Sometime later in the day, when the light began to wane, Boyfriend & I got into bed to huddle under the blankets and not only did Bosco join us on the bed, but he wanted under the blankets too! Our little family all huddled up together... it was lovely. But soon it got full-on dark and COLD and we packed up to go again. This time, we took Bosco with us. He was less than thrilled at the prospect, and hid once we put him in his new room, but as soon as he realized we were there with him he came right out and sat by us and played and was happy as a clam.
The hardest part for me was probably spending so much time in close quarters with my mother. We tend to butt heads pretty hard, and I feel like she tends to treat me like I'm a complete moron. I imagine it's more just typical mother-daughter bickering, but it''s still not super duper funtimes. It's a measure of just how cold we were lol.
But now we're home. Warm and cozy. No work for me all last week nor so far this week because power is still out over there, and now that I'm home I'm going slightly less stir crazy. I spent this morning picking up, responding to emails, running errands. Nothing terribly exciting. I made sure all of last week's TV was downloaded so I'm catching up on some of that as well. Just chilling. It's nice - despite not really doing anything last week it wasn't relaxing or fun at all. This, however, is.
I spent the week playing Pokémon Black (yes, I adore Pokémon. It's true. I can't hide it. So sue me. =D) and knitting, though more of the former and less of the latter. (My DS is backlit, and it was kind of the deciding factor in this situation lol). I did get my sister's Christmas cowl finished over the week & it got washed today and is happily blocking in a window. It's one-and-a-bit skeins of Mal Worsted in Verdes Esperanza, which is one of my favorite Mal colorways. It is, as always, delicious and soft and wonderful. I'm so addicted to this yarn. Love.
Pre-blocking!
I also started Boyfriend's Sister-In-Law's Christmas Slouchy hat. I'm making an Everglade (sort of... it's an
interpretation) out of my first skein of Cephalopod Yarn Traveller in Stranger's Home, AK. I'm not as insane about the base as a lot of people seem to be, but the color is stupendous and I would work with this again just to have more of this color around.
LOVE
That's pretty much everything of interest at the moment. The goal is to get at least 8 more rounds knit on the hat today. Hopefully before I run out of episodes of The Voice to watch. Why is Adam Levine wearing shirts that look like they belong to a hobo? I love him... but really. Also, I love the crap out of Cassadee Pope. Loved her in Hey Monday, love her now. Love.
