I’ve come to the conclusion that there are two types of
people in this world. Those who have a
favorite pillow and cannot sleep unless they have it, and those who can sleep
on anything that even remotely resembles a pillow. I am one of the former.
Whenever I travel, I have to pack my pillow. Granted, it takes up valuable suitcase space,
but hotel pillows just don’t cut it.
It’s bad enough I have to sleep in an unfamiliar bed, but without my
special pillow, I wouldn’t sleep at all.
I mean seriously, some pillows are too fat; some too flat but my pillow
it just right. It took me a long time to
get that perfect balance of softness and squishiness. I had to go through two crushed foam pillows,
one fiber filled one and a memory foam pillow that was so heavy I could have
killed someone had I the desire to engage in a pillow fight!
Now my husband can sleep on any old pillow and he just
doesn’t get my pillow fixation. When I make the bed each day I am careful to
place each of our pillows on the proper side, but every once in a while I make
a mistake. Since he goes to bed earlier
than I do, if this happens I freak out as I watch him peacefully slumber on my
special pillow. What comes next is the
planning phase. I have to figure out a
way to remove the pillow from under his head without waking him. Although the man can sleep through a
hurricane (and he has) this is no easy feat.
I pull on one end of the pillow. He grunts and lets out a tiny snore. I pull a little more and part of his head
flops down. His eyelids flutter but he
returns his head to its lopsided position.
I realize there is no way to do this slowly and try the band-aid removal
method. You know the drill; just whip it
off really quick. So I yank it fast and
his head bounces on the mattress, but I quickly move the pillow to my side of
the bed. He sits bolt upright looking at
me. Thinking fast, I tell him that he
must have been having a bad dream and threw his pillow to the foot of the bed
where I placed it. (The man swears he rarely dreams) In his semi conscious
state, he looks at me and takes his pillow and continues his nightly snore
fest. I hug my special pillow tightly
and swear I will not make this mistake again, and drift off to my dreams, which
now that I have my pillow-- are sweet.
My question to you is this…Do you have a special pillow?
3 comments:
I don't but I can totally understand why you do!
Have several and if my pillows are messed up I can't get comfortable until I fix them :)
You are so cute! LOL! I have to admit, I do have a special pillow, but then I have two other pillows as well. One on each side of me, so when I turn, I hug them :o) i know, crazy! LOL!
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