Desperate measures
Jun. 18th, 2005 08:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sailorzeoIn an attempt for both of us to get a decent night's sleep, husband and I slept apart again last night, he in our bedroom, on the waterbed, me in the spare room, on my old bed. Physically, I was a lot more comfortable on the standard mattress. I tend to toss and turn a lot, and doing that on the waterbed requires herculean efforts. Plus, it disturbs Matt.
The main problems I had were cat attacks and new and disturbing night noises (most attributed to the cats, I think). We have three cats. Two are mine, one is Matt's. My two don't get along with his one. Patch, Matt's cat, has taken control of our bedroom/bathroom/closet. What that means is my cats are generally denied "mommy-time" when "mommy" is trying to sleep. Introduce new situation: "mommy" sleeping in an accessable area. So in addition to all the blankets I have on that bed, I also had two cats trying to sleep on/near me, rubbing on my hands, trying to get me to pet them while I try to ignore them and fall asleep.
Why didn't I just throw them out of the room and close the door? Two reasons. One, the door to the spare room sticks. Badly. Two, I didn't want to hear rattlerattlerattle scratchscratchscratch "MROW!!!! MOOOOWWWWWWW.... Mommy, why'd you lock us out?? Mooommmmyyy......" rattlerattlerattle ALL FREAKING NIGHT LONG.
The disturbing night noises, now that I think about it, were probably a cat on the windowledge, walking behind the miniblinds and letting them bang back against the windowframe. I forgot that it's best to leave the blinds at least six inches up from the windowsill. But still, after finally getting to sleep, to hear a loud BANG! Wake up with a start, adrenaline coursing through the system? Not good. It took me about a half hour to fall asleep again, wake to the melodius sounds of my cat retching on the floor.
So, to sum up: standard mattress, physically more comfortable than waterbed. Sleeping alone in spare room, a big strain on my mental health.
The main problems I had were cat attacks and new and disturbing night noises (most attributed to the cats, I think). We have three cats. Two are mine, one is Matt's. My two don't get along with his one. Patch, Matt's cat, has taken control of our bedroom/bathroom/closet. What that means is my cats are generally denied "mommy-time" when "mommy" is trying to sleep. Introduce new situation: "mommy" sleeping in an accessable area. So in addition to all the blankets I have on that bed, I also had two cats trying to sleep on/near me, rubbing on my hands, trying to get me to pet them while I try to ignore them and fall asleep.
Why didn't I just throw them out of the room and close the door? Two reasons. One, the door to the spare room sticks. Badly. Two, I didn't want to hear rattlerattlerattle scratchscratchscratch "MROW!!!! MOOOOWWWWWWW.... Mommy, why'd you lock us out?? Mooommmmyyy......" rattlerattlerattle ALL FREAKING NIGHT LONG.
The disturbing night noises, now that I think about it, were probably a cat on the windowledge, walking behind the miniblinds and letting them bang back against the windowframe. I forgot that it's best to leave the blinds at least six inches up from the windowsill. But still, after finally getting to sleep, to hear a loud BANG! Wake up with a start, adrenaline coursing through the system? Not good. It took me about a half hour to fall asleep again, wake to the melodius sounds of my cat retching on the floor.
So, to sum up: standard mattress, physically more comfortable than waterbed. Sleeping alone in spare room, a big strain on my mental health.
