My Oh My Oh My Pillow

I've owned two great sleeping pillows in my life, both at the same time. It was four years ago I loaded my car for the 17 hour journey from Ohio to Minnesota. The first night I stopped at a hotel in Galesburg, Illinois. Lucky me that I had one of my special pillows with me. Unlucky me is that the next day and seven hours from Galesburg I had an inkling I'd left my pillow in the hotel. The inkle turned into reality. It was a problem but not really because I still had Mr. Sleep with me. I pulled into the Falls Motel in Deep River Falls, Minnesota. I've stayed here before. It's a mom and pop motel; very clean with more than friendly owners. Eight hours later I realized Mom and Pop were the recipients of Mr. Sleep. Since then I've had nothing but pillows made out of concrete. It's like I'm sleeping in a cemetery tombstone. I want a pillow so when I lay my head down it sinks to the bottom and the ends wrap around my head like ear muffs.

I'm a notoriously lousy sleeper. There have been many times when I absolutely hate going to bed because I know I'll toss and turn for two hours. I'm tried everything I know to fall asleep. I've been know to hit the hay at 10 pm and read until my eyes are so tired they fall out of their sockets. I'll shut off the lights and within thirty seconds I'm wide awake staring at the ceiling.

My neurologist prescribed a CPAP machine. I've used it to no avail. She told me I rarely, if ever, get out the REM 2 sleep cycle and that isn't good. If you don't understand that it means I have my eyes closed and am resting.

I also have the 'military sleep'. I start on my left side then switch to my right; left, right, left, right. Ugh!

Then there are the jimmy legs. It's like having chills running up and down my legs. Folks, when it comes to sleep I'm a mess-----------until last night.

On my Smart Phone last week I received a promo code to by two My Pillows for the price of $69.99. What the heck, I thought. In my drinking days I've spent that much and more in a sports bar buying beers for friends and anyone else sitting at the bar(depending on how many beers I'd consumed).

Long story short: My pillows arrived yesterday. I've never been so excited thinking about going to sleep yet I was worried I'd wasted cash. I was wrong. Withing ten seconds of shutting off the light at 10:50 pm I was in La La Land. I awakened three more times during the night and it was the same story.

I'd be lying if I didn't tell you I can hardly wait for the sun to go down so I can resume the sleep position.