Sunday, January 11, 2015

Performance Sheets

Last week, we purchased a Sleep Number mattress. It was grotesquely expensive, but I'm willing to try it so that my wife and I can have different softnesses on our respective sides. Marriage is a lifetime of compromises, but one person sacrificing sleep for the other is not a sustainable situation.

The sales person (unsuccessfully) tried to sell us their "Performance Sheets" -  at roughly $300 a set. I cut my losses there. Performance Sheets. Really? I've been sleeping every day of my life for years, but I'm not sure I have advanced beyond amateur status. I have had some critical acclaim in the non-sleeping arena, but still, performance sounds too theatrical. Miles Monroe said it best "Uh, uh, I don't think I'm up to a performance, but I'll rehearse with you, if you like."