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<\/p>\nI have had trouble sleeping for many years. \u00a0It typically takes me between 30-60 minutes to fall asleep. \u00a0During the middle of the week this always got worse. \u00a0It used to be because my mind was still active from being in class until 10+pm. \u00a0Now I guess it is just the residual mid-week malaise carried over from two years of no sleep in the middle of the week. Concerned for my health, Sam aimed to change that.<\/p>\n
When I moved to California I purchased a cheap mattress for a few hundred dollars and that is what I’ve been sleeping on ever since. \u00a0That mattress has seen better days, and it’s been a while since it’s seen them. \u00a0Sam informed me that for my birthday (and it’s a significant birthday …shudder…) she was getting me a new mattress. \u00a0So, two weeks ago we procured it and set it up.<\/p>\n
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I immediately got sick. \u00a0I’m sure it was just a coincidence (although those foam mattresses give off a terrible paint smell the first week), but it meant that judging my sleep pattern changes would be irrelevant for the time being. \u00a0In fact, that very first week I had the worst night in many years as my smoke alarm started chirping to replace the battery. \u00a0It took me hours to realize just what it was. At first I assumed it was the one high up on my bedroom wall and there was nothing I could do about it until I borrowed the really big extending ladder from the office. \u00a0Eventually I became so sick of the noise I went to the hall to get a ladder to possibly put on a card table (this was 3am and with no sleep, so I wasn’t making the smartest decisions). \u00a0When I wandered out I realized the noise was louder, and the alarm was the one in the hall. \u00a0This was great news, as I only had to climb on a kitchen chair get to the alarm.\u00a0Unluckily this was one of the models that retains a charge to keep beeping after you take the battery out. \u00a0Which wouldn’t have mattered if I had a 9 volt battery. I did not. \u00a0So, still having received no sleep, at 4 in the morning I researched online and set out to the only 24 hour drug store which was about 6 miles away to get 9 volt batteries. \u00a0By 5:30 I was in bed, only to wake up in what seemed like mere seconds to the morning alarm. \u00a0The next morning I drank a coffee drink, which I nearly never do as my body is so sensitive to caffeine. \u00a0It didn’t really wake me up much, but when I went straight home and to bed (5pm)… I still couldn’t get to sleep till after 11pm.<\/p>\n
Since then though I’ve been falling asleep faster and waking up less, undoubtedly due to the bed.<\/p>\n
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So, thank you, Sam, for a great birthday present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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