Monday, September 15, 2008

to climb or to sweat?...that is the question!

So, ever since like 2 days into the whole pregnancy thing, two major things have changed about me... #1-i have to pee all the time. #2-my body temperature is even higher than before, so i get hot super easy. as you might imagine, one of these alone would get old pretty quickly...unfortunately, the combination of the two is almost too much sometimes. mainly, the problems begin to arise at night. i've always been a finicky sleeper-i like the temperature just right, but no air blowing directly on my body. in the great state of colorado, the weather has been pretty amazing lately, so we've just opened our windows at night and put our box fan in it-which cools off the room wonderfully...especially if you are sleeping on the window side of the room (which, i'll be straight with you, is the safe side of the room-the furtherist from the door (which, you know, is where the boogieman would come in if he were to come in-seeing as we live on the second floor, so the windows are not accessible to him)). but, the only problem with sleeping on the window side is that the bathroom is on the opposite side of the room. so, in order to get to the bathroom, if, say, one has to go in the middle of the night, is to climb over the person sleeping on that side of the bed and stumble into the bathroom. and that's a huge problem when the person on the other side of the bed is, like, a giant. for the first few weeks of the pregnancy, i did this-i slept on the window side (for the coolness) and climbed over the sleeping giant (who, unfortunately, i awoke) around 4 or 5 times a night when  i felt the need to pee.... but, after trying to step off the side of our bed + the height of ryan, which is around, i'm sure, 10 feet total, in the middle of the dark, dark night with no glasses on...well, i realized that was a little too dangerous for a clumsy pregnant woman to attempt. falling is just not an option these days! so, last week, i made the switch with ryan. i climbed into his side of the bed, determining that having the bathroom more easily accessible was a better option for me during this stage of my life. so, as it is, my giant of a husband (who always likes to sleep on his side) has turned into the great blocker-of-the-cool-air. sometime between the hours which we fall asleep and the hours in which we wake up, he turns into a huge wall that sucks up any cool air in the night.

3 comments:

Christina Kris said...

Just wait. It will get worse. Sorry to say. You might just have to bite the bullet and get another fan or turn the ac on. I did really well with just a sheet for covers. lot less blanket and helps with the body temp control. Love you guys and can't wait to see you again.

Anonymous said...

My question to you is: What not just get out of the bed on your side and walk around to the bathroom? I know it is a longer walk, but seems safer. Dad's suggestion is move the bed. You could always get a pee bucket like your Mimi. :-)
Loved the descriptive writing. Could picture it perfectly.

Gladys said...

You are so funny! Beautiful, talented, smart and oh so funny! All my love! PS ...hug the giant for me!