Rant #3,388: I'm Only Sleeping

My wife and I had our mattress delivered yesterday morning--

And what a difference a new mattress makes!

After sleeping on the same mattress for more than 30 years, we finally have a new one to sleep on.

This one is about one-and-a-half times as thick as what we had, so we are a bit higher in the bed than we were.

In fact, I was laying on the bed yesterday afternoon, decided to get up off of it, and I mismeasured my landing point. 

I stumbled a little bit, but I quickly realized what I had done, so I didn't fall.

But it is something to be aware of, especially in the middle of the night, when I need to go to the bathroom, and I am doing this while I am half asleep to begin with.

I just have to be very careful that I get my feet on the ground and don't stumble.

And what happened to our old mattress?

We had it carted away by the deliverers, for a price, of course.

We live in a world where nothing is free, so why should we get this service for nothing?

I never really realized how important your mattress is until I virtually lived in my bed for several months after my accident.

Spending so much time in my bed brought out the fact that my wife and I had gone way too long without a new mattress, and when we finally got a chance to change it, we did.

The mattress is a little stiff right now, but the two of us will break it in during the next few days and weeks.

I didn't sleep that great lsst night, but I don't know if it had to do with the stiffness of the new mattress or not.

I fell asleep right away, but I woke up after a short sleep and was wide awake for a while until I conked out again.

Did this have to do with the new mattress, or just my own restlessness, which comes and goes?

Who knows--I am leaning towards the latter--but the fact of the matter is that we needed a new mattress pretty badly, so I will just have to see how it goes during the next few days.

This might not be the only mattress we purchase in the near future.

My son's mattress is getting up there in age, too--it is probably about 26 or 27 years old--so if he needs a new mattress in the near future, we know where to go to get him what he needs.

What is next on our bucket list of things we need to do in our apartment?

I have no idea.

Let me sleep on it.