the flying squirrel

Darcy Casselman's weblog. Just like old times.

bed

I'm thinking maybe I need a new bed again. This isn't the first time I've had this thought. My super-cheap, get-me-through-university bed has outlasted its expected lifetime. It's pretty uncomfortable, even with eggcrate foam and a mattress cover. I also have a futon, but that's less comfortable. I tried putting the futon on the bed and discovered that good ideas in theory often don't pan out in practice.

I'd feel better about spending $1000 on a new bed if I had somewhere to put it. As I've mentioned before, I've abandoned my bedroom for the smaller computer room. There is enough room to get my double bed in there, but it's pretty cramped. So I'm basically procrastinating. I think maybe I can hold out on buying a new bed until after I've moved into a house or something. This would be a good idea except that I'm probably not buying a house any time soon, and I almost certainly won't have any money after I've bought a house. So maybe I should get a new bed now.

The other option is to get a twin-sized futon to tide me over. This would have the bonus of being able to transform into a chair (transforming stuff is cool!), so it wouldn't be that much of a waste if I chose to spring for a real bed later. The problem is, given my previous futon experience, I doubt it would be much more comfortable, thus defeating the purpose.

My problems are so depressingly trivial.