Although there is a leak for sure in the airbed and I ended up bottoming out by the time I got up, I awoke with absolutely no back pain whatsoever. I also didn’t overheat. The 4” memory foam topper was causing me to overheat with the way half of my body would be sunk down into the mattress. Because it was like being in a bowl it would really retain body heat big time. I started to wonder if it was hot flashes but knew I was still a wee bit young for that.

Back when we arrived in Oregon in our little RV, we picked up a $25 air mattress since the RV’s cushions were old and worn. I thought it was the most comfortable thing I ever laid on. All I wanted to do the day we got it was lie in bed and read all day, LOL. “Cheap shit” or not, I decided to get what I personally find most comfortable and so we ordered a full air mattress for just $20 on Amazon.

We have a full-sized raised airbed in the shed, but it’s too high for putting on top of the platform and we don’t want to dismantle the platform and have no place to put it cuz the place is so tiny. I also don’t like it because it not only tips when you get close to the edge, but it has built-in pillows. I like my own memory foam pillow.

The only negative is that these cheap airbeds do spring leaks quite easily. But I’d rather spend $20 once or twice a year to get what’s most comfortable than the $1200 we so stupidly wasted on a not-nearly-as-comfortable Select Comfort bed in Arizona.

Foam is just a real backbreaker for me these days. I never should’ve gotten this mattress as I did 7 years ago, but I was younger then and could handle it better. Foam breaks down over time and so it now sags in the middle. The only thing that won’t sag in time is air or waterbeds. Everything else pretty much goes to hell and doesn’t come back. So I’m probably going to forget the idea of getting a coil mattress after the move that still may or may not happen. I just wish the airbed I’m getting was as thick as a waterbed mattress instead of like a garbage bag, but that’s why they’re so cheap.

I’m going to keep the topper underneath the air mattress so that it boosts the whole thing up to a normal height. The platform itself is only 9” high. This way the sheets fit better, too. The original mattress made of mostly regular foam is now out on the futon.

Nane surprised me with a chat yesterday before she went to bed since Jim had to leave early. She didn’t get the books I sent her after all. She really wanted to read A Rainbow in Munich, but since she doesn’t have a Kindle, I emailed that, plus the 3 other stories she inspired a character in. I hope she likes them!