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Still hurting and messed up

Well, I made myself a sandwich with 3 slices of bacon and 2 eggs. I could only eat half of it. Miss Alissa got the rest. I expected her to enjoy the bacon and the egg, but she seemed to love the bread too. I've also had more than a quart of water. I think that's part of what was going on earlier--I was not just hungry; I was on the edge of dehydration. Anyway, I'm working on quart #2...

I am more or less done with the freezer defrost/inventory. I will still need to update the inventory of the entrees, but, other than that, I think the freezer is in pretty good shape. It sure tells me what needs to be canned which was one of my main reasons for doing it. Also tells me what I have plenty of and what I could use to buy some more of. 

My back is pretty messed up. It hurts now when I'm standing and when I'm bending. So far, sitting is okay. 

My crazy across-the-street neighbor called in a wellness check to the cops, today, I guess. Anyway, I had 2 metro police officers at my door asking if I was okay. Apparently the neighbor got all excited because I did not bring my trash cans in from the curb LAST Tuesday! In fact, it was Thursday til I went out to take care of that, only to discover someone else had brought them in for me. I don't know who but I sure did appreciate it. Anyway, according to the officer, they were concerned because a) I didn't bring my trash cans in right away and b) they hadn't seen me around. Anyway, until yesterday it's been quite chilly around here with 25mph winds. I don't wanna go out in that if I don't have to. Nevertheless, my van has changed positions in the driveway, I've carried out a bag of trash, my exterior lights have gone on and off at irregular times of day but, faithfully, every night. Maybe I should get some flags or something so I can run one up if I need help. Come to think of it, I probably wouldn't be able to do that if I were bad enough off that I needed the cops to check on me. Oh well, I'll take comfort in the fact that someone is apparently keeping an eye on me...........

Hurting, hungry and exhausted

I have now spent the better part of 2 days standing on concrete floors, bending and lifting boxes. I have inventoried the beef box and the chicken box. I could almost tic off the fruits and veggie box in my head. The stray pieces of pork are piled in one spot to go into a box. My back is screaming, my legs are none too happy and my hands are shaking. Phew! this is hard work!

I have decided that at least a paartial solution is a bacon and egg sandwich, as soon as possible. Sounds pretty good. Meat in the bacon and protein in the eggs to feed my muscles, carbs in the bread together with fat from the bacon to restore my energy. And a little ketchup for taste. The bacon is cooking right now. 

So far, I figure I have about 20 pounds of ground beef, close to 20 chicken breasts, about 8 chicken legs, and 8 chicken thighs. There are 3 beef roasts of the cheaper variety. I found a pack of country pork ribs, a pork tenderloin, 6 pork chops, and about 3 pounds of Italian sausage. Various other things like a couple of frozen pizzas, about 2 gallons of frozen strawberries, some pot stickers, a pack of chicken fried rice, some frozen peas and some frozen peas and carrots. Oh, and let's not forget a turkey and 2 small "young chickens". Many packs of entrees in individual servings, enough for probably 40-50 lunches or dinners. 

I should go through and inventory those entrees, but if that happens, I don't think it will be today. I still have a mess in the kitchen to deal with..........