New Mattress!

Not the one pictured: that's the old mattress. Here's how you can tell:

a) This mattress is blue. There must be a twenty-first century mattress regulation dictating ivory as the only color.

b) You can tell this is the old mattress by the Ellen butt pit in the foreground and the Gary upper-body pit closer to the headboard by the pile of pillows wadded up in the corner. And don't tell me to flip my mattress; Gary has been forced to help with a yearly flip and he argues every year.

And guess what? Mattress-flipping is a thing of the past, too. I didn't believe it until the delivery guy showed me. Poofy side and board side. I had wondered why there were no straps on the sides.

c) This mattress is higher than the old one. Somehow, though, the fitted sheet fits exactly the same.  Perhaps without the butt-pit it seems higher, but when it arrived I had to jump to get in. It scares Gary, frankly, and I am sure sometime tonight he will decide it must go back.

Comments

[Becs]

Be careful about reaching up with your butt to get on the bed. I think that's what started up the sciatica thing. Perhaps best to jump on? Put one foot between the foundation and launch forth?

[Big Dot]

Our new mattress is much thicker too, so my feet don't touch the ground when I sit on the edge. Depending on my mood, it makes me feel like a child, or a little old lady in hospital.

[TheQueen]

Becs - I can climb in like always, I just get over the extra inch by keeping my slippers on until I'm in the bed.
Big Dot - I've been enjoying the slide / drop out of bed; it does make me feel youthful, as you say.

[Tami]

My bed is too high for me to just sit on; I get on by doing an arabesque and planting the rear leg on to the mattress. I then put my hands on the mattress to anchor, and flip the rest of me up there. I now wonder if this is really strange.

I was really surprised when my boyfriend sat down on the bed easily; somehow the fact that he's 5 inches taller than I am hadn't brought that possibility up in my mind. I am jealous, now.

[TheQueen]

Tami - I am thinking I might put the old chopping block under the bed to give me a few inches.