Day 109 December 10

Today was pantry day.  Since the E-bike has no brakes, I put the trailer on my regular bike so I got a good workout heading to the office.  We started by going to the pantry and doing a few small things while we waited for the volunteers to arrive.  Then I headed out to Trader Joe's.  We completely filled the van up, and then they brought us out more stuff, so I had to make 2 trips.  I used my whole morning just doing the pickup.  When we had everything put away, I went and picked up Doug at the office so he could use the van to go and look at another van.  When I got back to the pantry, I had lunch, and then we opened.  It was a very steady day but an easy one.  Everyone was in a good mood, and we were able to give out lots of food.  We had lots of meat and eggs.  At the end of the day, we packed up and headed back to the office.  At the office, we put stuff in the fridge and loaded my box in the trailer.  The ride home was less work but still not easy.  When I got home, I put the stuff I got away.  Then I had time to relax for a while before some people from church brought us food since there is a new baby in the house.  We had built our own tacos.  After supper, I had more time to relax before heading to bed.  

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