What I've cooked this weekend

My entire weekend can be summarized by what I cooked. I'm going down to Delaware Tuesday to be with my grandparents, and this is what I'll bring:

- Turkey meatloaf with carrots, parsnips, and green peppers (4 mini sized ones)
- Chicken meatballs with parsley
- Baked Macaroni and Cheese
- Sweet Potato Casserole
- Pork Shepherds pie (2)
- 4.5 Blueberry waffles (we had some for breakfast ourselves)

That's just what I've cooked so far. I'm planning on also making a spinach lasagna and some other kind of baked pasta. I may have run out of cooking steam for the baked pasta, though. We'll see. I also made fish cakes for dinner for DH and me, and made falafel patties up, ready for frying, for tomorrow night's dinner.

Besides all that I've cooked, Trader Joes has been a godsend for a couple of low-sodium, low-chemical, ready-made meals. I'm bringing their frozen cod fishsticks, chicken nuggets, and from Whole Foods I got low-sodium pre-made steak fries and sweet potato fries. I'm also bringing some frozen veggies, dark chocolate truffles from TJs, and some jarred sauces for quick meals to make there.

I'm still exhausted. My gramma has an appointment with a hospice worker tomorrow.

I should post about my PopPop's actual diagnosis. It's metastatic melanoma. Basically it's a melanoma skin cancer (which he had removed in winter 2006/2007) that metastasized to the internal organs (his lungs, liver, etc). This is basically Stage IV for the disease, and, depending on when diagnosed, means a 6-12 month remaining life span. It's an extremely aggressive cancer, there's only one (very rough) chemo treatment approved by the FDA for it, and it's the same disease that killed my mother.