Friday, March 9, 2012

the Playground is Gone

It all started when JJ came to town in her big rig -- a 2011 Forest River "SunSeeker." Actually, her staying in my driveway had nothing to do with the demise of the playground. It just happened while she was here. Drip... drip... I heard all night. Water? from where? OMG, my 20-yr-old waterbed had sprung a leak! I had already thought of replacing the old giant California King playground. Now, now...
before you jump to conclusions, let me explain. It had become a dog lounge, art center, library, internet cafe, TV zone and writing nook. All my papers, books, journals, notebooks, and e-gadgets were strung over half of it. Another quarter of the 6 x 7 foot surface was taken up with the 50 lb dog, leaving only a small section for me to sleep in. I won't even show you that mess. But here's the giant hole after 250 gallons of water, the baffled waterbed and container were removed. Then that big old water soaked platform was removed, leaving only my under storage. At one point the room was mostly empty with all parts of the old bed gone. Then the guys revitalized the headboard, reassembled the two sets of drawers, built a new smaller Queen size platform to accommodate my new state-of-the-art SleepHarmony hybrid latex/memory foam mattress and VOILA...
a new perfect place to sleep. Not a playground for fountain pens, crayons, laptops and dogs, but a serene sleep sanctuary. Ahhhh! Just what I need now. Good Night!! zzzzzzz!

1 comment:

ZenWoman said...

Do I love it? YES! Like I said, for the past couple of months I was already thinking of switching to foam. Then I learned that natural latex is much healthier (less "gassy" from petro products, yech.) This is a hybrid with a topper of eco-friendly ventilated foam. But, I don't sink in at all. In fact, it's quite firm and taking a bit of getting used to after nearly FORTY years of sleeping on water. (Really, my mom gave me a single waterbed as a teenager and I've slept on one since.) This last one was a high-end baffled and gel infused Hibernation series.

If you live in or near Albuquerque, PLEASE see Joseph at Price Rite Sleep systems. His customer care cannot be beat!! Family owned operation since 1988.