I usually don’t wear hats.
I’ve got wild curly hair that no hat is able to tame. I make an exception at the beach and wear my infamous beach hat to block the sun from my aging, wrinkled face.
I’ve been wearing a lot of hats lately.
Figurative hats that is.
I am a mom, full-time minister, sister, daughter, wife and friend… These hats are ones that I wore each and every day until the pandemic.
This crazy pandemic has unloaded a whole new set of “hats” that I now find myself wearing.
The teacher hat: I said that I would NEVER home school my kids, and yet here I am wearing this hat every morning for a few hours while we follow our weekly choice board and I exhaust all of the FREE materials from Teachers Pay Teachers. I actually enjoy this new hat.
The landscaper hat: Covered in poison ivy, this may be the hat that I need to give back. Given the time that we have had over the past month, due to not running around and our schedules being cleared, we have got our yard looking the best it has looked in 8 years.
The tree trimmer assistant hat: Along with this hat came a borrowed chain saw. We have cut every last tree down that we needed to cut.
The chef hat: I don’t mind to cook but this pandemic has made me try new recipes and enjoy a few new techniques.
The barber hat: After the first few weeks of the pandemic, I decided to give my hair a little trim, which led to a scissor cut for my littles and then a full-on trimmer cut for them a few weeks later. This is a one-time hat that I have officially decided to retire from wearing.
The domestic engineer hat: I have cleaned the fridge, cleaned the oven (the house still smells burnt), cleaned the washing machine, cleaned each room and have done all of the above twice.
The S’more maker hat: We have made fires to burn trees and branches and brush from the yard, and I have made S’mores for my family at every opportunity
The gardener hat: This is the hat I have enjoyed the most, taking the time to start my seedlings in the greenhouse on my porch and planning my container gardening to set up in the next week or two
And there are many more: Netflix-binger hat, knitter hat, official coffee-drinker hat, official bed-maker hat, too (didn’t know people actually MADE their beds each day).
Being completely honest, some of these hats will be put on a shelf and not worn again after this pandemic is over. I may even burn some of the new hats.
There are other hats that I had never tried on before this pandemic, and I will admit, I’m so glad that I had the time to try them out. Some of these pandemic hats will be ones that I wear in life after the pandemic.
What new hats have you tried on for the first time, or worn more during this pandemic?
Hats off to you!
