From the well-do-something dept.

[chipotle]

One of the things that made me a bit restless last week was—as strange as it may sound—realizing that I have no good place to read. See, there’s not a lot of light in my room and it’s too cluttered to really feel comfortable most of the time, but I can only really read in the living room if there’s nothing else going on there. Back in Tampa I really only used my bedroom for sleeping. This realization gave me a peculiar, but surprisingly strong, bout of homesickness for a while.

Well, I’m not sure what I can do to address the “how to make my bedroom into the best living space possible” issue; as much as I’d like to declutter it, there’s just not that much space available, even to fill up with shelving and storage widgets. This weekend, though, I want to see if I can think more seriously about other furniture arrangement in there and if there might be some storage widgets I could find that would make sense.

But, I finally took steps to address the lighting part of that. I used to have a torchiere from Ikea, which like all torchieres I’ve ever owned, broke a few months after purchase in inexplicable fashion. (There’s not that much there to break! How come it keeps happening?) So, I bought another torchiere. A cheap one. Not a halogen one, though—this one takes incandescents, and I “splurged” on a long-life natural light bulb.

I can actually see to read there now, at least!

I also bought a new “modern” box fan for warmer nights, and—something else that falls into the “I should have replaced this long ago” category—a new body pillow. I slept with one for years, but mine didn’t make the trip out here.

Comments

[ja-ren.livejournal.com]

I've always felt weird sleeping with a body pillow. I tend to sleep with two comforters or quilts, even in the middle of summer, with the edge wadded up between my thighs and hugged in my arms. It's just one of those personal things where it shouldn't make a difference, but it does.

[chipotle.livejournal.com]

Well, the "feel" between a body pillow and a quilt is going to be quite different, so I can see how somebody would prefer one or the other. I suspect my slightly crappy back is just happier with the full support of the long pillow.

[ja-ren.livejournal.com]

Ah. I just find it easier to sleep with something between my legs. ...Ahem.

[twentythoughts.livejournal.com]

It's only recently that I've understood the need for a neat room to get reading done. The more stuff you can have neatly stashed away, the better :)

And I've never heard of a body pillow before, but it does look comfyish.