About the Bed

Sunday Stealing is all about your bed! By the way, did you know that there’s a low-budget horror movie from 1977 that’s become a cult classic, and its title is Death Bed: The Bed That Eats? It’s about a bed that has been possessed by a demon and thus it literally eats people who sleep on it. So that’s fun! (You can watch it on YouTube, if you insist.)

Anyway, onto the questions, about bed stuff (it’s all G-rated, folks):

1. Let’s say your alarm wakes you up with music. What would be the worst song to hear first thing in the morning?

Honestly, I’m not sure. Sometimes the song has been something quiet and peaceful, which doesn’t really help. And I wouldn’t want to wake up to Toby Keith, for example…but there’s zero chance of that.

We did used to have the clock radio set to WNED, the local classical station, and WNED used to run the BBC’s news update at the top of every hour. So there were a few times we were awakened, if the alarm was set for 6am or some such thing, to a British person calmly reading news copy like “Authorities are still working to collect the bodies.”

2. How many pillows do you sleep with?

I use two while sleeping, and sometimes my head goes under the top one. I use a third, smaller pillow to prop my head for reading, but when I put the book side, off goes that pillow.

3. What size mattress do you sleep on?

Queen at home. When we’re staying in a hotel we try to get a King.

4. Do you always sleep on the same side of the bed?

Generally, yes…as you’re in the bed, I’m usually on the right side. We recently spent a weekend in Toronto and we had to flip, though, because the hotel room’s AC unit was blowing directly on The Wife, and she didn’t like that.

5. Do you make your bed every day?

I wouldn’t say we “make” the bed, but we do tidy it up a bit.

6. Do you keep water on your bedside table?

Yes, though I rarely actually drink out of it.

7. How often do you change your sheets?

Weekly? Biweekly? Honestly, I’m not sure.

8. What’s under your bed?

Stuff, dust, and cats.

9. Do you sleep in total darkness or do you like to have a light on?

I need light, but not much. A light in the hallway is fine, or the soft light from the humidifier. Total darkness freaks me out. I hate not being able to see anything. When we’re in hotels, I’ll leave enough of a gap between the thicker curtains to allow some light in, maybe just an inch-wide gap of light, during the night and in the morning.

10. What do you remember about your childhood bedroom?

Which one? We moved a lot…but when we settled in WNY, I had the upper part of a bunk bed, which gave me extra room down below. That was fun.

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