This was definitely not a rest day, but I accomplished a lot between today and yesterday. Last night I pushed through and finished up the canning just after midnight. I set the alarm for 9am and after breakfast I started canning up the sour cherries. I got 13 quart jars from the 30-lb pail. Since this (in my own warped mind) left me with too many sweet cherries I made a decision…

Yes, I got back in the car after lunch and went for more cherries. Since I was there I bought frozen apricots (for jam, I prefer them to using dried). Oh yes, and a stop at the fruit stand again for a quart basket of the white cherries. The very nice woman (who we usually buy a huge amount of fruit from) had to make up a quart for us and I’m pretty sure we got way more than a quart. This year we won’t be heading there once a week to load up on fruit. For no other reason than the current gas prices.

So I ended up with 26 pints of sweet cherries and 26 quarts of sour. Oh, and I found out they sell clingstone peach slices starting sometime in August so I suspect I might be back.

However, I’m tired and very sore. I suspect that yesterday’s workout kicked my ass a fair bit. Some of the other aches though are canning related, but that’s okay. I will probably push through tomorrow’s workout no matter what since I may have to drop Friday’s workout depending on how the garden tidy-up / house cleaning / party prep stuff goes tomorrow and Thursday. I also have to make a trip to the vets on Thurs (shot time) and that’s always stressful. I’ve had the carrying cages out for a couple of weeks (so they aren’t completely freaked) but so far it’s never gone well. If they don’t go at the same time it’s a pretty good bet that Gus will try and kill Shadow. Yep, it’s happened before.

So now I think I need to get some sleep… and maybe a heating pad.

Food for the day:

Total: 2144 (28% fat, 38% carbs, 33% protein)

Breakfast: egg white omelet with cheese, cracked wheat oatmeal bread, apricots (316)
AM Snack: protein shake, sour cherries (161)
Lunch: whole wheat tortillas, mustard, smoked turkey, cheese, peach, plums, raspberries, boysenberries, peas (pod type, shelled) (482)
PM Snack: soy nuts, protein shake (269)
Dinner: whole wheat pizza with taco meat/salsa/cheese, salad w/dressing (660)
Late Snack: cherries, protein shake (257)