I have in the past had three major back injuries (two horses and a staircase), and a mattress topper helps. The old one wore out; I bought a new one. Simple.
Not simple. The "memory" foam rubber mattress topper arrived on Thursday in a neat box. But on being opened up, it sprang forth like something alive, trebled in size, and lay blocking the hallway and looking challenging.
It had to go up two flights of stairs. How hard could that be? A bit of foam....easy. Not easy. Not only was it huge, heavy and unwieldy, but it seemed to take on a life of its own. As we struggled up the two staircases - sometimes me on top; sometimes my new friend - I thought we would never get there. It writhed and bounced and threatened to hurl us both back over the bannisters. I was determined to win, not least because I didn't want our hallway to be forever occupied by a mass of foam rubber.
On our journey, we bumped into furniture, swept books off bookshelves, knocked things over and had several near misses with the stairs. I heaved and stomped and cursed; the foam merely looked smug. But we got there in the end. The memory foam has certainly given me much to remember.
Advice to anyone thinking of buying any of this stuff:
1. Buy a bungalow first.
2. If no bungalow, whatever you do, DO NOT remove the memory foam from the box before taking it upstairs. You have been warned.
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I'm sorry but I giggled at this Frances. I could picture the scene and it reminded me of a comedy - all those things flying around. I'm just happy that you made it unscathed. I hope you are sleeping very well :) Thanks for making me smile. All the best.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Nicola - it's very comfortable (thank heaven, as I'm certainly not sending it back!).
DeleteI would like a memory foam mattress topper, but as I can only just get my fitted sheet on over a normal type of mattress topper I haven't bought one so far. How do manage the sheet question?
ReplyDeleteOur (normal sized) fitted sheet fits over quite well, Frances. It's a tight squeeze, but it's fine.
DeleteI hope the night's sleep was worth it!
ReplyDeleteJust about, Wendy. Not sure I'd bother again, though!
DeleteLike Nicola, I'm giggling as I'm reading this. Was nobody else around to help you? With four hands, arms and legs, you'd probably have had better control of your new wild horse "Foamy".
ReplyDeleteMeike, I have a very clumsy husband. "Help" would have been a disaster (and probably ended in divorce).
DeleteWe bought something similar with instructions on unstrapping it while on the bed and leaving it for several hours to expand to its normal size. What bothers me is what we do if we move house and have to get the damn thing out.
ReplyDeleteNow he tells me...
DeleteThey're really heavy, aren't they? How can something which is mostly bubbles be that heavy?
ReplyDeleteSearch me, Patsy. This thing has hidden depths (or something).
DeleteI'm getting a dejá vù feeling from this post. Haven't you had a similar experience with something else in the past? If not you, it must have been someone else... I believe you though, from my own recent experience with what a large sheet of thin fabric can get up to. Even when lightweight and no stairs involved!
ReplyDeleteDT, I haven't done this before, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it again!
DeleteJust what I need right now, Frances. A jolly good laugh. I do hope you find it was all worthwhile.
ReplyDeleteDelighted to be of help, Gail. How's it going?
DeleteReached 10k words yesterday, Frances, so on target but struggling to get going this morning - hence this wandering round blogs.
DeleteFrances, only you.......
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how to take that, Graham, (unless you mean I was alone in this particularly onerous task...?).
DeleteWell, Frances, it was two words or a comment longer than your post (again).
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