Strange Beds

The time had come. This is the story of how sleeping in strange beds on vacation resulted in better sleep than when I got back home to my very own favorite waterbed. I knew I was sleep-challenged before, but to sleep BETTER on vacation than home in your own bed? What's wrong with THAT picture? I do have to say the discontent started quite awhile before we went on vacation, I just hadn’t put 2 and 2 together yet. I always thought the problems were with me...the sleep apnea, the migraines, the always being tired. Funny, in the 10 days we were gone on vacation I didn’t have a migraine (even though quite a few triggers were present) and I was tired, but that was just because we did 10 bejillion things, not because I didn’t sleep well. In fact, I slept less and felt better than I have in a long time. So, once I actually looked at the problem, I discovered it could be that unhappy waterbed that I’ve been clinging to for sooo long. Much too long, really. So, I spent the Friday night of Memorial weekend sleeping around…trying every mattress in the store until I had narrowed it down to one. My new bed is soooooooo much more comfortable than the waterbed had been of late. But, more than that, the PILLOWS I got are amazing. They are the TempurPedic foam in the shape of a regular pillow (not the contoured ones) and have to be the best pillows I’ve ever slept on. I’m very happy to say I’m sleeping so much better and for less time than I used to. No migraines (so far, so good) and more energy. It’s simply amazing. Who’d've thunk it? That a bed could make that much difference in someone’s life? I surely didn’t, until now.