Finally starting to meal prep! For real this time!

I have a sauteed pan of mushrooms and onions on the back of the stove, and brown rice in the instant pot. That'll all get mixed with the pork sausage I thawed last night, a few flax eggs, and some herbs and be baked in the cast iron bread pan I got for Christmas. When the meatloaf is cooled, I'll slice it down, freeze it on a sheet pan, and store the frozen slices in a bag, so I can grab one and microwave it with a pricked and oiled potato, that'll bake in the time it takes the meatloaf to thaw and reheat. There's one!

I'll bake some bread tomorrow with said cast-iron pan, and make stuffing with the leftover Christmas crudite veggies to go with some marinated chicken breasts. There's two! And with just one week to go!

I can't believe I'm 8 days and some change out from surgery day already. I'm very glad, my hip is getting really bad. It's starting giving out a lot more, I have to be really careful to be precise with my cane, so it'll support me when needed. And there's only one position I can realistically sleep in right now, which is not good for someone who literally needs to toss and turn to wind down and fall asleep. I've still got a good six weeks of that, but at least I'll know I'll be over the hump in a week.

Meanwhile, Penelope is currently burying herself in one of my blankets. Still haven't figured out how to tell her to sleep somewhere else for two weeks...