The Day Before the Trip

So much is going on today. First thing this morning I went to meet some friends and deliver the donations I collected for their niece. She had been burned out of her home and they lost everything. So my sister in NC and myself in SC notified our friends and collected what we could to help them get started again.

The right early this afternoon the lady from the Raleigh Maine Coon rescue home delivered 2 sweet young cats to my home. We are going to transport them to Mississippi to be picked up by the final transport team and taken to their Forever Home.

Vinnie has been doing laundry all day so we can get things packed later. I took care of those 2 things and got dinner cooking in the slow cooker. I just love being able to use a slow cooker for an entire meal while I am doing other things. It helps me to utilize my time so much better.

I ate a Sausage Egg McMuffin and hashbrown from McDonald's with orange juice for breakfast. Not what I had planned but had to make the delivery and we were all meeting at McDonald's where they were grabbing breakfast before heading out again. So I ate with them.

For lunch I had a ham sandwich on whole wheat bread with mustard. Then later I had fresh fruit and nuts for a snack.

Dinner will not be exactly healthy. But it will be good and I will not be over eating. I only cooked 4 servings and there are 2 men and me eating it. I always serve them more so I will be eating a proper amount.

This is another new recipe I am trying. It is called Cheesy Italian Tortillini. I can't report on how good it tastes but I can say how good it smells. I am reminded all day as it cooks.

After dinner, we will get our showers and then pack everything and load the truck for our trip. We plan to leave at 4:00 am. Noticed I said "plan to leave?" That is because I am NOT a morning person. Vinnie will have his hands full trying to wake me up at that time.

Going to rest now .... I am going to need it.