There are definitely still some snowbirds around because on one block alone I saw three New York plates and two Michigan plates.

Anyway, the new waterbed has been set up and slept on! I slept for almost 8 hours on my wonderful bed and got a sleep score of 79, the lowest I’ve gotten in a long time. However, I don’t feel like I slept that badly. There were a few oxygen spikes but I think it’s because I took deeper breaths a couple of the times I woke up. I woke up a million times as usual, twice because I had nightmares. I was otherwise very comfortable and it wasn’t that big of a deal getting up to go to the bathroom since the edges have a bit of a rise to them.

The only thing that wasn’t quite as comfortable were the sheets. They were a bit rough and scratchy. Hopefully, they’ll smooth out in time. The bed is definitely comfortable and I definitely don’t need the heater it came with. I will probably trade in the tubes for a bag eventually. You can get bags for only about $100. The tubes were a waste of time because they’re much harder to fill and carry than we thought they would be. It was also a bit tricky placing them just right in the liner. I also like the wider range of motion you get from regular bladders. The whole assembly took nearly twice as long as anticipated.

I had a million dreams, most of which I don’t remember enough to put into words but there were a couple that were horrible. In one there were people protesting somewhere about something and one woman was beating the crap out of another woman that looked like she was about to pass out.

The worst one was Tom telling me that he thought something was wrong with his blood and that it would kill him in a few years. In the dream, however, he was 72 years old. I was freaking out at the thought of being alone and wondered if I could ever find anyone to live with, but of course, when he goes I go unless I go first.

The plywood going down on the heavy-duty frame.