I got a new mattress in 2007. My dad gave me my parents' bedroom set as part of his downsizing kick after Mom died. Anyway, after I got it I realized that my parents had never replaced the mattress. And I decided that a) sleeping on my parents' mattress seemed a little weird and b) sleeping on the mattress where they'd probably conceived me seemed extremely weird. Plus, it was super uncomfortable. So I went to a Mattress Factory and lay on all their mattresses until I found one that felt like sleeping on heaven's own clouds. Then I saw the price and bought a different one that felt pretty darned good, but didn't cost in the four figures.

Lotus leggings was having a nice sale.

It's amusing to me that I literally just finished shopping this sale. I bought the exploding Tardis and the Midnight Owl designs. And then, completely illogically, I started googling reviews. Because it makes sense to do that AFTER submitting an order. There were such awful reviews, mainly about quality and customer service. But of course internet reviews are generally weighted towards the bad, because most people only bother to write a review if it's bad. I give much more weight to a Buffista generated review, so thanks to -t I am once again excited to get my order!

Now I'm looking at an EOB with the description "Cock-Up."

Looks like it's for the wrist brace I got between the carpal surgery diagnosis. Which is apparently costing me $60+ instead of the $15 they told me at the office. Grrrrr.

That is a cock up!

I have literally no idea how to tell what mattress descriptions mean, I think.

Yeah, I think we're going to have to go bounce around on some mattresses in person just to get an idea of what we are actually looking for.

I'm pretty easily happy; D will be the decider. I slept on a futon I bought in 1992 until 2009.

I still miss my waterbed. I'll be pouting about that until I get to move onto a boat.

I just drove by a Cleo's on my lunch break that was having a big closeout sale, complete with full mattress outside on the sidewalk.

Mine is about 20 years old (minus the four years I almost never slept on it in Memphis), so probably in the ballpark of ready for replacement.

In other news, having same-sized blue cans of tuna AND cheap cat food in your car makes afternoon snacking an adventure.

I am so tired of authors who are outraged that their articles are -- gasp! -- edited. This one said "This has not been my experience with other medical journals," and all I could think (but I'm not allowed to say) is "Well, some medical journals have pretty low standards. Maybe you should submit your paper to them." Jesus, they get SO offended at being edited. What on earth did they think was going to happen? It explicitly says in the Author Information page that articles are edited in accordance with the AMA Style Manual. What they hell do they think that means? (Actually, I'm sure they don't even read the Author Information, but that's not my problem.)

Strix, I highly recommend memory foam, especially with pain issues. But you should probably go to a store and check some out, even if you're not buying from them.