Dad bought a Sleep Number bed years ago after sleeping on our sideless waterbed and finding some relief from his constant back pain. He went home determined to buy one for himself, but ended up with a Sleep Number bed instead. Several weeks ago I went to Detroit to pick it up and we set it up in our BEDroom.

We have an attic bedroom that is kind of low and wide. The floor space is 20 x 20 with an additional dormer space that is about 7 x 9. It has belonged to Laura & Bethany, Laura, Heidi, and Anne. Several years ago, Anne talked her Dad into building a bookcase that opens up to a secret space under the eaves and a bed that completely filled the dormer space.

This year, we (temporarily?) pulled the bed apart and ended up with a full-sized bed topped with my Mom’s 4-inch memory foam. It started out as a guest room, but gradually we found that we liked sleeping there and so it has become our room–at least for the winter.

When we decided to set up the Sleep Number bed, we shoved the smaller bed into another corner (it’s on a platform with wheels) and slept on it while we worked through some of the issues to get the bed ready. There is a pack-and-play set up in another corner for Oaks, and Luna has a pretty luxurious dog-bed set up by the window (though we don’t let her sleep in our room at night.) It really is a BED room.

I kind of like all these beds. It looks like a dormitory, set up ready for a sleepover. It also means two of my big quilts are on full display–though no one but John and I are looking at them. Still, I’m enjoying them.

 

 

 

A few weeks ago, John asked me what I would do differently in creating the world if I’d been God. I’m sure he was looking for a more profound answer than the one he got the next day:

I would put a Sleep Button on every human being, especially women and children. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to put your child to bed and simply press the button after one story and a few songs and snuggles? And women, wouldn’t it be fantastic if we could lay down at night and actually go to sleep within, say, the next 10 or 15 minutes? And stay asleep for 8 hours?

(Kellen has a Reset Button, though I’ve never actually seen it. When his mother or father think he is not behaving well, he is sent to his room to hit the “reset” button. Usually he comes back a little subdued and able to obey. So, why not a sleep button?)

I also learned that if you contact the Sleep Number store you are welcomed by someone who introduces themselves by name and by their sleep number.

I’m Chris, and my sleep number is 35.

I still need a sleep button.