I’m still in quite a bit of pain from playing the Wii for as long as I did last night. My shoulder is starting to unlock but my back is completely out of whack, part of me thinks the horrible sleeping conditions play a big role in it.
Sean and I, for the last few months now, have told eachother time and time again that we have to put enough money aside to purchase a new bed ASAP. Unfortunately neither one of us has followed up on this because of easily distracted we are when shiny technology makes it’s way in front of our eyes. I’m sure if we didn’t buy the Wii and I didn’t make a few purchases here and there for the DS then we’d have more than enough to at least upgrade the bed, let alone buy a complete set. When I say upgrade, I mean purchase two box springs so we’re at least off the floor with the mattresses. At the same time, however, the one’s we’re on aren’t really meant for long-term use. They came with a pull out bed but it’s two twin mattresses and combined it’s the king that we needed in order to be comfortable at night.
No, it’s not a fat thing either. It’s the fact that both of us spread out while we’re asleep and throw in a dog who likes to spread out just as much as we do, naturally there were going to be some problems with the full-size bed we were recently sleeping on. My back did improve for a while but now it’s just back to it’s horrible ‘ol self again.
We were in Sears a few weeks ago and I almost pulled out the Amex on a $1600 Seely Pillow top Posturepedic that was 50% off. The second both of us even sat down on this bed, our backs felt so much better. Sean is easy to please, he just wants something that doesn’t bother his back. And while I completely adore sleeping on a softer mattress, my back personally prefers a firm one. I think just having one that isn’t 3 inches thick (like we’re on now) would be an instant improvement either way, honestly.
i know how that feels… for a few weeks now, i’m sleeping on a camp bed… my cat pissed on my mattress and it smelled like hell. up to now ive been too lazy to change or even wash it. last night i slept about 1.5 hours. you never get used to a crappy bed. now i know that a good mattress is more important then i thought.