Random life update

[owlmoose]

After a couple of years of knowing we needed a new mattress and not doing anything about it, we bought one, and it was delivered yesterday. We've switched from a spring-based mattress to memory foam, for a number of reasons, but a big one is that I tend to toss and turn in my sleep, and T liked the idea of not being bounced around anymore. Last night's results were encouraging. The only downside is that it's outgassing (which is to be expected), and gas has a particular, peculiar odor -- it makes me think of cookie dough, but with a really chemically undertone. Fortunately, it's already dissipating.

I feel like I ought to have other stuff to talk about, but I'm really blanking a little bit. What else happened last week? I watched the last Jon Stewart Daily Show as it aired, and it was a lovely tribute, but it also made me sad. I'm coming to really enjoy Larry Wilmore's show (at least the scripted parts -- I feel like the panel segment still needs work), and John Oliver has definitely come into his own with Last Week Tonight, but it's not quite the same. I think he was right to leave -- I've been seeing the signs of senioritis since even before he announced that he was quitting -- but I'm still going to miss him, a lot.

Mostly I'm posting because I said I was going to post twice a week, and the week is almost up. The way to get into a habit is to do the thing, rather than to find excuses not to do the thing. I used to post about life events and trivialities all the time, and I miss doing that. So let's see how this goes.

Comments

[calissa]

Trivialities are often the most interesting parts of life, or so I think. I also need to get back into the habit of posting regularly (or at least posting stuff that's not just cross-posted from my professional blog).

I hope things settle well with the bed.

[owlmoose]

So far so good! :)

I used to post random life updates here. Then I started putting them on Tumblr, but I've gotten out of the habit of that because, even though my Tumblr followers are much more active as a group than my DW followers, I feel like quick personal posts disappear off everyone's dash so quickly that people aren't likely to see them. (At least, I prefer to think that's why my quick personal posts don't usually get much of a response over there. ;) ) Also, because Tumblr is such a wretched archive, it doesn't serve as a diary of my life the way that my LJ used to be. So yeah, I think it's worth getting back into the habit.

[ukefied]

We switched to memory foam earlier this year and haven't looked back. Once you get used to it, your joints will thank you.

[owlmoose]

My knees are already happier, I think. My back and neck are having a longer adjustment period, but my sense is that it's going to be worth it. :)