Monday, October 4, 2010

It's spooning time

Last night and tonight have been refreshingly chilly.  That means the temperatures have dipped into the upper 50's along this stretch of the coast.  Today we had all the windows open  The northeast breeze was coming in to replace the conditioned air of a house shut up against the summer heat with the smell of the outdoors in fall.

The nights have been delightful for sleeping.  In the summer,  it's hard to be comfortable at night even with ceiling fans and AC going.  I don't know how you sleep when the weather is hot and sticky.  But we seem to do much better when the frost is on the pumpkin.

You see, we have slept together for all of our married life and for a few years before that.  There have been occasions during the drinking years, that I would leave and go sleep on the couch.  But most of the time,  we have slept together.  We started out in a double bed when we first married.  We kept that bed for many years.  It was bought from a fellow graduate student.

Later, after we moved here,  we bought a queen size tester bed.  That's what we have slept in for years.  The mattress has been changed over the past four years and is thick and comfortable.  We went to the mattress store and lay around on various mattresses to try them out.  C. thought that she wanted one of the Swedish mattresses until she actually had lain on one.  She kind of sank into it and declared that it was too hot and felt as if she were being engulfed.  Obviously, those mattresses probably do better in colder climates such as Sweden where it would be nice to sink deep into a mattress when it is -5 C.  

I don't sleep well when it's hot.  I don't want a lot of covers on me or clothes.  It is a good idea to have a queen size bed since it allows us to drift to cooler parts of the bed in the summer.  And when the cool nights come in fall, we become heat seekers and sleep like two spoons with arms and legs intertwined.  In winter, we become a bit competitive with the blankets.  Sometime in the middle of the night,  one of us with try to hijack the blanket, leaving the other stuck out in the cold.  I'm not going to say who the hijacker is.

Even when we aren't spooning, I like the idea of being able to reach out an arm or leg and touch her as she is lying there.  It is a comfort.  And tonight, well, I think that it's cool enough that we will likely sleep snuggled together with the window open, the water garden making its splashing sound, and the sweet smell of tea olive on the breeze.

15 comments:

  1. I almost need it too cold to be able to sleep comfortably. I credit some of that to sleeping next to an iced over wall while growing up in Minnesota. Hot sleep is not good sleep, at all.

    It is good to have things we share with people we love, beds included.

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  2. What a wonderful glimpse into your and C's life together. It was endearing and full of the kind of stuff that makes me warm and fuzzy. We are having the cold nights, too, and I am in heaven. The fireplace will be lit by the weekend and I will having a cup of hot chocolate. Your blog today reminds me that I need to dig out my woolen socks. Keep warm!

    ♥namaste♥

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  3. nice. we are similarllllove this time of year just for that reason...sleeping with the window open and snuggled....

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  4. Dare I say it...give me 90 degrees and 65% humidity and I will sleep as easily as I do in opposite conditions. I sleep when I am tired and when I sleep I sleep well and deeply.

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  5. My husband and I definately sleep better in the cold. I love having all the windows open and breezes drifting in and out all day long. Sometimes I think Fall is the best of both worlds, warm sun on your face in the morning, and cool night air. I have a "blanket hog" that shall remain nameless....nice comforting blog........

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  6. SO Sensual. So intimate. Spooning is even better in the colder winters of the Northeast. ... Thanks for speaking up about what makes this time of year so welcome....

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  7. You are right, it is more comfortable sleeping two in a bed on cooler evenings. We like our bed too, we have a sleep number bed and we each like a different firmness. My hubby does that to me during the night too, like you do to C. It doesn't wake me but it is nice that he reaches out an arm and runs it down my side or scoots into me backside and snuggles.

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  8. I'm in Southwest Florida and it's been chilly by our standards the last few mornings. 'Sweater Weather' is a nice change :)

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  9. What a nice short story. I hope your spouse reads your blog. It's electric blanket weather in my neck of the woods!

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  10. so lovely. I like to cuddle with hubby, too...for just a while though. Can't fall asleep snuggling - clausterphobic (sp?) maybe? And unfortunate for him, I;m the one who steals the covers. Bless his heart. I love my marriage! Sounds like you do, too.

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  11. that's a nice feeling... as I have aged, I have begun to snore and have chased my wife out of the bedroom many nights. I am hoping with weight loss will come the disappearance of snoring. I never snored until I gained this weight.

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  12. love spooning, and it really is too hot to cuddle in the summer at times.

    I am a human furnace though so I emit lots of heat no matter what time of year.

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  13. Syd,
    I like the cool nights for sleeping too. I have been sleeping with the window cracked, and it's just perfect.

    Even when I was married, I didn't want to touch my ex. I am just a very independent sleeper. Also, he snored REALLY LOUDLY.

    Love to you and C.,

    SB

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