First night's sleep

First night of sleep on it and it's going to take some getting used to. Not in a bad way, but it is a change.

So far I slept in chunks rather than one long period (which isn't abnormal for me) but when asleep I slept harder and with more noticeable dreams than usual.

Tinkering through the night with bed positions and sleeping positions I ended up in my usual way of on my stomach, but with the foot raised a bit more than the head. Won't be suitable for days I am dealing with a lot of acid reflux, but for last night it caused me to just pass on out.

Oh, and as a side topic, my cat loves this thing lol.

Adjustable Bed & memory foam mattress

This is gonna sound like a commercial 'cuz I'm so please, so be warned! lol!

I just bought an adjustable bed with memory foam mattress from SimplyRest and it arrived today.

I have back, knee, foot, and hip pain + hiatal hernia, ulcer, and GERD + pain and insomnia as problems from bipolar disorder. Oh, and migraines.

I needed to be able to sit up when the acid reflux gets bad, lay flat and raise my knees when the migraines hit, and arrange various ways for the rest as suits me.

I have only had it today so far and I am already SO pleased.

I'll update as it goes or answer any questions folks may have about the adjustability and mattress.

I'm sitting here typing and my back feels so comfy. My hips are so comfy.

I got the Wave model and I tested the massage features and they are deceptively simple. At first I was like, "hmph, it vibrates, that's no big deal"... then I started noticing the "wave" shifting of the vibration and almost fell asleep in the middle of the day just testing the bed.

SO great so far. I can't believe I waited all these years, wondering, to get one.

assignment almost

We're on assignment, but they haven't told us where-to! Darnit and yippy.

vegan Chael?

I went lacto-ovo veggie, then a while later he went lacto-ovo.

Years later I went vegan (about 1.5 years now) and he is this week trying his first go at veganhood.

I've never pushed him to cut more animal products out as I have as I've felt that such choices had to be his own to be solid... but I've been so proud of him becoming veggie and hoping he would go vegan; now it seems he might.

He also wants to join me in eating less processed foods (I rarely eat such at home when I've no guests).

I'm so proud of him. :))

Still Waiting

Still no word on the move... it's been "we'll let you know next week" for months now. The NCO in charge is trying to get our fence lifted (what keeps Chael from getting reassigned and is holding this all up) but no luck so far.

I don't mind, even enjoy, moving... but this not knowing if or where is getting old.

Things here at home are good. Chael is getting more used to being home and, despite some minor sniffles and such, I've been pretty healthy lately over-all (well, except meds fun, but that isn't "sick" that's "meds").

Big change in my life coming up in 2-4 weeks:

I ordered a bed.

I haven't slept in a bed regularly in 12 years. Haven't owned one. Chael and I both sleep on the floor.

It's become part of my identity, this manner of living and it's something I've slowly been altering lately. I bought my first ever couch last year, this year it's a bed.

I feel like I'm devolving. Becoming plush and soft and materialistic. I don't want that.

I have the opposing traits of being a collector and deeply valuing the ascetic lifestyle (that is part of my veganhood, my bdsm practice, how I didn't have tv for 10 years -another thing I got a year ago for the first time, etc). I'm a mix of these two things and they war inside and outside me in my life.

I have 225 eyeshadows but for the past 12 years have slept on the floor for comfort and spirituality sake.

Now I'm getting a bed and I am excited and disappointed in me at the same time.

I'm trying to balance these views in me about this and do have to admit that the bed isn't fully a matter of extravagance; I have a hiatal hernia and bad acid reflux that meds only minorly help. I also have migraines where the only help is a very specific knees-up sleeping position.

The bed I am getting is an adjustable bed which will combat the vomiting in my sleep and migraine pain, as well as hopefully avoiding my knees locking up at night as often.

So, it is useful as well as luxury... but the luxury side still pains me some. This isn't another cheap set of earrings or a $2 nailpolish, this is a large, expensive, luxury item that changes my whole life in some ways... and certainly part of my identity.

I just want to be excited while not getting too unhealthily tied up in the luxury of a bed and the materialism it represents.

I doubt this makes much sense to others as to others a bed is a normal thing. :/ But let's just leave it that this is a big moral deal for me.