I have a few idiosyncrasies when it comes to sleeping. I have always tended toward insomnia, and am a very light sleeper, so I've learned to mitigate these problems with various methods. I always have a fan running, even in winter. I need a sheet over me even in the middle of summer. And I can only sleep on a feather pillow. Foam pillows mean little to no sleep to yours truly, so I even bring my own pillow when I travel. The problem with feather pillows is that they wear out eventually, and mine did a few months ago. The other problem with feather pillows is they tend to be expensive, and rather hard to find. So when I found an inexpensive feather substitute pillow it seemed the best of both worlds. And it was quite comfy, for a while. Last month I started having night sweats. I'd wake up nightly with my head and neck soaked. I looked up night sweats, but what was happening to me didn't seem to match. Then, during a long night of sporadic dozes it dawned on me. The squishy foam of my feather surrogate was absorbing my body heat until each night, right around 1 or 2 it started to radiate that heat into the back of my head and neck. As soon as I realized what was going on I went to Linens-N-Things. The cheapest feather pillow was $40. Then I went to Target. Ah, that wonderful store. I found a real feather pillow for $20. That was Monday. I have slept beautifully this week. Take my advise, it's worth a few extra shekels to sleep well.
Night, night.
Marius
Oh, yeah, Happy 4th of July.
5 comments:
Damn those inferior pillows!
Argh, for some reason the word 'shekels' is glaringly familiar! And i just can't place where i know it from! I mean, theres that haggling scene in MP's Life of Brian, but i don't think thats it....
Thats going to bug me now.
Shekel also rendered sheqel, refers to one of many ancient units of weight and currency.
Flying Spaghetti Monster bless Wikipedia! :-)
As a post menopausal woman, all I can say is how lucky you are to be a man. Ah how I wish that the many years I was awakened by sweats many tinmes in the middle of the night could have been solved by my pillow.
Sleep tight Marius.
lol, i know what a shekel is, i just know that theres something in my brain refering to a shekel and its either a song lyric or a line from a tv show and i just can't remember it!
When I read about your night sweats I thought "Menopause"... but then again, how I wish it would be as easy as to change my pillow... Enjoy your new pillow and sleep well!
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