Instead, shortly after they arrived, my brother-in-law fell ill with some episodes of dangerously low blood pressure and he and sis spent the entire weekend in the hospital, with us making a few trips back and forth ourselves. My BIL is 68, and has a known serious heart problem, but they ruled that out as the cause right away. He is also diabetic and I think they have determined that some late and missed meals on Friday and Saturday, as well as some late medication, were the main reason his blood pressure was plummeting. His blood pressure has since stabilized and he should be released today after one more precautionary test on his heart.
Because of the sudden change in plans, I have a ton of food in the house. In anticipation of our weekend, I had baked a large spaghetti casserole for our meal on Saturday, prepped ahead a big pan of breakfast enchiladas, and I had thawed a half ham to cook today. I also bought several kinds of individual-wrapped snacks that I had planned to take with us into the zoo. Of course, very little of the prepared food was actually eaten, and I still have that ham to bake today.
I invited my daughter and son-in-law over for supper last night, so that took care of half the spaghetti casserole, and I individually wrapped half the breakfast enchiladas and stuck them in the freezer. They'll go with us on our first camping trip in two weeks, along with the pre-packaged snacks.
Here's what I plan to do with the ham:
Monday: Baked ham, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, asparagus, rolls.
Tuesday: Ham with parsley sauce, boiled potatoes, green beans, salad.
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Wednesday: The rest of the Baked spaghetti casserole, garlic toast, salad, home-canned peaches.
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Thursday: All-American Ham and Cheese Roll, potato cakes, corn, asparagus.
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Friday: Hawaiian Ham Quesadillas, tater tots, salad.
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Saturday: Ham and shrimp pasta, garlic toast, salad.
