Virginia slept well last night after I gave her one of my strong pain pills, which I bring on trips. This morning she is still in pain and moving about the house using a chair on a small rug (as a makeshift walker). I decided it would be best for me to stay with Virginia today and do some work from home.

Virginia wanted to do two loads of laundry today, so she showed me how to use the washer. When it was time to hang the clothes out, the skeleton key for the back door broke off in the lock. After having lived here for 18 years and never breaking a key, this is the second key to break in one week!

Anyway, I exited the laundry room via the garage door to hang out the two loads of wash. Then went to town to buy a new key. This one was cheaper—only $0.55. It was incredibly busy downtown. Even the side streets were bumper-to-bumper traffic, then I remembered it was the last Friday of the month—payday! It took over twice as long to get through town, even though it was before noon. Stopped by the pharmacy to stock up on some more antibiotics. Again, no prescription, no problem!

When I got home, the new key gratefully worked, even though the piece that is broken off is still in the lock somewhere. I was sure that the door hinge pins and door would have to be removed to get that broken piece out!

For lunch we had toasted cheese sandwiches and chips (salt and vinegar flavored, of course). Virginia decided she wanted another one of my strong pain pills which she took with lunch. A few hours later, she became very nauseous and sick. We don’t know it it was from the pain or from the pain pill. This afternoon, she was a little more mobile—walking with a slow shuttle and without her makeshift walker.

Please continue to pray for her healing as we begin our travels back to Elkhart a week from tomorrow.