Making the Bed ?

 

Heres a question for all of you.    Do you make your bed?

Reason I'm asking is this.  Most of you know my job is pretty physical.  I move boxes that weight 6 ozs all the way to 80 pounds all day long.  Starting Tuesday I report to my promotion then I will not have to work so hard anylonger..  BUT....

Lastnight I went to make the bed.  I can't make the bed in the mornings before work for my pain meds have not set in yet.  Husband already at work and my oldest son loves to sleep in our bed when we are not home.

Anyways lastnight I went to make the bed and I cringed all the way through it.  DO I REALLY HAVE TO GIVE UP MAKING THE BED!!!!!??????

 

I understand we have to create a new normal in regards to CP but come on giving up making a stupid bed.  I'm afraid I will have to let that one go.  I hate getting into a nonmade bed!!!

Ok just had to vent over this. I know its a little thing but reality sucks!!!

Laurie

My hubby is also a tosser and turner. Yes its also making it from scratch. I have to take the blankets off and all the pillows just to get the bottom sheet in place.

I can't stand sleeping on wrinkled creased sheets!!!

So I'm with you on this one Patti!!!!

Someday I'm going to have a bed like this, and it'll be a breeze to get everything just the way I like it.

www.thestoragebed.co.uk/Alto.html

Isn't that just brilliant?!

I'm so anal retentive I wouldn't be able to let it make itself... it'd get the corners wrong.. nobody gets the corners right...

I still straighten the sheets in the morning, but I only put the spread on if someone is coming. At times my hands don't work at all, and then I expect that my husband will do it. After all, he sleeps in the bed way more than I do. I'm lucky to get five hours a night, usually it's closer to four, and often it's in my recliner chair anyway.

I have a good mind but my body is junk. In my next incarnation, I think I'll come back as a buff dummy.

I'm obsessive about the sheets abd bklankes having to be in line with each other before I can sleep in the bed. For me, if the sheet is higher than the blanket then I end up with the sheet wrapped around my neck all night. For the bottom sheet, I only have two words.....sheet garters. They are my best friends since they keep the bottom sheet taut and I don't have to lay all over wrinkles and creases.

Oh, I can see that none of you ever want to come and sleep at my house! LOL

I find changing the sheets on the bed one of the worst activities. I have to go very, very, very slowly. Do it in small steps. Reminding myself along the way to slow down and no, it doesn't all have to be done at once! But it's hard to restrain myself from moving faster. I tend to forget. So, as a consequence some things don't get done as often as they should. 'Nuff said. ;-)

Rooby - Welcome to the Chronic Pain forum!

PaLady

I "pretend" make the bed.... I just straighten the sheets and comforter.... basically I am in it too much during the day.... I do the big make the bed with all the pillows and throws only when company is coming.

Heck, I never made my bed once I moved out of my mom's house. I read an article once about that being healthier that people who make their beds every day (something about fewer dust mites). I quote that to myself whenever I feel bad about things. I used to make sure my bed was at least made when I had guests coming over, but sometimes it just doesn't happen. There have even been a few times when after washing the sheets, I didn't even have the strength to put them back on for a few days. I survived.

But my view on all those things is: ask yourself how important it really is, if it's something important decide what else can be dropped to make time/energy to complete the task, and if you still can't do it, ask for help. I've had to let a lot of things go (like fixing dinner from scratch every night), but when I really think it through, my life is not much changed without it. Yes, I enjoyed cooking & the food was better quality, but in the long run it makes little difference. In order to be able to do that, I would have to either cut back hours at work, stop bathing, or stop ironing my clothes for work. Since I've marked all those items higher priority, the cooking had to go. I threw one last dinner party as my "good-bye cooking" event, and now I very rarely cook anything (unless you could packaged spaghetti and frozen dinners). It was a bit sad, but I know it was the right choice to make. And in the end, when I face "Judgment Day" I know that how many meals I cooked will not matter one way or the other.

Now, I'm not at all judging whether or not you should be making your bed. Maybe to you that is a high priority item. Just know that everyone has to make choices -- not just CPer's, but everyone. The choices we make show others who we are. The fewer things we are able to select, the more it says about us, so I think whatever you choose, it will be a brave choice & the right choice for you.

blessings,
Frances

Frances you are so right!  Yes you nailed it.  Thats what the post was about saying goodbye to a task you take for granted.  I'm just having an issue with letting it go.  I love the feel of getting into a crisp bed at night with my hubby.  He would make it for me but I usually get into bed before him so I would have to wait to climb in.

I have let go of alot of my cooking which was like having a funeral.  My family has been raised on homemade meals.  So my husband jumped up to the plate WILLINGLY to learn to cook and seems to enjoy it.  I have given up doing the laundry and my daughter keeps up on that for me.

Making the bed seems to be such a little thing until now.  So thank you frances for seeing through what I was saying..

Chutz  you are so funny those kittys of yours have to be a blast!!!!!

Laurie

Chartrex,
Love the story about the kitties! They sure have a great and very lenient Mom!!!

PaLady

I originally had only one cat and my niece moved in with her two. Guess who takes care of them all? I feed them, water them, and clean up after them. My niece freaks if she has to clean up a hairball or stray poop. She leave for college next year and they get to stay with me. :(


Joy

Char,
LOL!

I'd just make one correction. The cat's secretary take's the message. And then gets back to you if the cat orders it!

PaLady