Best News I've Had in a WHILE

I'm getting a new bed! I'm getting a new bed! A new bed has been on my (imaginary) to-do list for quite a while, but it never seems to be priority #1, so it just hasn't happened. Last year when I was moving my bosses saw the state of my mattress/box spring and suggested that they might help me out as a Christmas present, but that never came to pass (which is fine - that would be insanely generous of them). Anyway, I was talking to my dad earlier, and he mentioned he wanted to discuss Christmas presents. We tend to exchange fairly modest gifts in my family, and my parents just took us all to Disneyland a few weeks ago (footing the entire bill) so I expected to refer him to my Amazon wishlist which is mostly books and DVDs, and that would be that. Instead he asked if I'd ever gotten around to getting a new bed, and when I said no he said that he and my mom wanted to take care of that for me. So he instructed me to go out and charge it on my credit card, and just let him know what he owes me! EEEEEEEK! I was taken aback at what a generous offer that is, and he said they had just purchased an expensive vacuum for my sister, so they felt like they needed to do something equally as nice for me. I don't say it nearly enough, but my parents are awesome.

It really is necessary, because my current bed is in sad, sad shape. I've had it since June of 1998, when I moved into my first off campus apartment. They guys moving out gave/sold a bunch of furniture to ex-roomie S and I, and I took the bed. What I didn't notice at the time was that the bed was insanely squeaky and creaky. S sat on it once and said, "Please don't ever have sex when I'm home. Just tell me to leave." I think every subsequent roommate expressed the same sentiment. (Although it either doesn't creak as much as it used to, or I've just learned to ignore it.) I don't think I physically could sleep on it without a mattress pad anymore because of a spring or two that is poking through the fabric. My cats shredded the corners of the box spring back when they were allowed in my room. Still, I paid $70 almost ten years ago, so I've more than gotten my money's worth out of it.

I can't wait to go mattress shopping this weekend! This is excellent timing, because I've been fairly down for the last month or so, and a new distraction is more than welcome.