Today, it has been prepping the animals and packing day! We made sure the critters were fed and well hydrated this morning, and then started packing them in the mid-afternoon. Packing isn't just a matter of randomly putting animals in containers. We check to make sure each animal is healthy and ready for sale and place the individuals into marked containers. We also ran last minute errands. After at least six hours or so of critter packing into the evening, we organized the remaining dry goods and supplies. Everything has been set aside for the morning task of loading the vehicle.

We have been working continuously, not having taken a meal. When my blood sugar has dropped, I am pretty much an angry panda, as anyone who knows me can attest to. To keep it simple, I had just heated up a pizza for us, which I so magnificently then dropped upside-down to the floor in the middle of transport to the counter. Not even the 3-second rule could have saved that meal, especially with our mixed Bengal cats thinking the dropped food was fair game; they already thought an escaped (but safe) bearded dragon was one! Grrrrr!!!! Now, we are waiting for delivery of one pizza which we will so enthusiastically dive into!

Once our stomachs are filled, we hopefully can get some hours of sleep. We have a long road ahead of us tomorrow morning - getting up at the crack of dawn! Hope the coffee fairy wakes up that early!


Two of the containers of critters we are bringing