My Dad helped me out with the gap in being paid, and then I had a coyote idea.
I didn't just go food shopping; I found a lot of pork on sale, and bought vegetables. I pre-chopped onion and pepper for and put some of the pork up to marinate for stir fry later, cut up and bagged the remaining pork. I also cut up sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts and roasted those for later. Last I finally got around to making myself very late breakfast. So now I have like NO motivation.