Clean Sheets Day
Today was clean sheets day. I hate clean-sheets day. It's a veritable battle. For instance, today's episode took approximately 30 minutes. First, I have to persuade Taco to get off the bed, not an easy task, and remove the old sheets. All that bending and pulling--OUCH!
Now it's time for the clean sheets. First, I have to figure out which ends of the fitted sheet go on top and bottom. I got it wrong the first time, as I invariably do, and had to start over. More bending and stretching, More OUCH!
Once the fitted sheet is in place, I have to rest. Otherwise my back would not last through the next step, which is the top sheet. But before the top sheet goes on, I have to remove Taco from the bed again and use the lint roller to remove his hair from the bottom sheet.
Spreading the top sheet takes several efforts before it's centered, straight, and not hanging in the floor on one side of the other. All the time, my aching muscles (especially the back ones) are screaming bloody murder (and I'm screaming my entire repitoire of cuss words).To tuck the sheet at the bottom, I have to sit on the chest at the foot of the bed in order to lift the corners of the mattress.
Again, a rest stop must be taken. Again, Taco has to be removed and top sheet rolled with lint roller.
Spreading the quilt is fairly easy. It's a lightweight quilt, and it seems to know where it goes. But the final step, that of putting my four pillows into the four pillowcases, is a b.i.t.c.h. I have used the same method to put on pillowcases all my life. It's the way Mama did it. I hold the narrow end of the pillow between my chin and chest and slip the pillowcase on at the bottom of the pillow and pull it up. It used to be a cinch. Now it hurts, and I often get the pillowcase all whoppy-jawed and have to redo it. (That didn't happen today.)
After two pillows are done, it's rest break again to ease the back pain. And since it's rest break, you can probably guess where Taco plants his fine self. Riiiiiigggghhht.
After rolling the quilt and putting on the other two pillow cases, and laying the throw pillows on the bed, I'm done--I'm talking completely done, done in, exhausted and hurting.
Taco says he sure is glad that's over. Now maybe I'll stop bothering him. Of course, he jumped down off the bed when I tried to take his picture. So instead, I'll show the Taco house slippers I found for myself at Walmart.
Now I'm going to take two Ibuprofen and lie down under the ceiling fan. Sheet-changing day is the pits.
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On 10/11/2017, Debbie Price said ...
I hear you! I never vacuum or change sheets on days I have anything else to do. It is so hard for others to understand how these simple things can put us out of commission like it does.
My cats, Krispie and Meow, do the same thing with the sheets, quilt, pillows. I have an industrial lint roller!
On 10/11/2017, Nicole said ...
Oh, but your bed looks so pretty and you will sleep like a baby tonight.
On 10/12/2017, Barbara Anne said ...
Ouch, indeed! I get the cats out of the room, close the door, and then take my time in making the bed. I gave up on pillow shams as there were too much bother.
As for the fitted bottom sheet, I put one corner on and stretch the nearedt corner to see if it reaches. If not, I start over.
Hugs!
On 10/12/2017, Julie in WA said ...
I did not know that a routine chore could be such a challenge for fibro sufferers. I'm sad for you. I can relate to the fitted sheet confusion! I finally took a black permanent marker and wrote a 2" strip of black on the top and bottom elastic, and now it is easy to know which way the sheet goes on the bed!
On 10/12/2017, Bonnie said ...
I am so sorry to hear this household routine is so painful for you. May I suggest you sew a tab on the corner so you know exactly where to start with both sheets? No one would be the wiser.
My cat would RUN for the fresh sheets, and it used to irk me... all that cat hair on clean laundry. Until the day he jumped while the next layer was in mid-air. Somehow I realized he was purring like a maniac while I was ticked off. I forgave him and let him enjoy his fun. It's still a good memory!
On 10/14/2017, Dolores Tanner said ...
Love your slippers!! You do a much better job of bedmaking than I do!
On 10/14/2017, Dondi Murdock said ...
I have fibro also. I don't have Taco, but we have a cat who loves 'helping' with putting the clean sheets on the bed. If I am lucky, I can get the bottom sheet on without Kalette's help. By the time it is time for the top sheet, Kalette's magic radar has kicked in. She loves to hide under the top sheet. I pet her lumpy self for a bit and wait until she comes out. This helps my back while I rest for a couple of minutes. She really loves the stretchy sheets we bought to go with this new mattress. Then it is time for the blanket. We start with Kalette hiding under the blanket for a few minutes. I really have to laugh! This crazy cat is so funny.
Why I don't just shut the bedroom door to keep her out is the big mystery! Could you shut Taco out of your bedroom while you put your sheets on? Why do we put up with so much from little animals? Are we trained or what?
On 10/20/2017, Sandy Gail said ...
Hello There!
I've been reading lots of your blog entries this morning. The one about changing the sheets could be right out of my life! I've had four surgeries this past year and haven't been able to sit at the computer for long periods of time. I had to catch up on all your blogging; I had missed you.
So sorry about your back. I had back surgery in January, the surgeon promised that I would be able to stand for long periods and work in my kitchen. However, my back is now worse than before the surgery. I also had neck surgery, vertebrae were replaced in my neck and it was fused. That surgery seemed to have worked. I also had knee replacement surgery and half an inch of jaw bone removed. In addition to the lupus, I now have fibro, lymph edema, and neuropathy. My back still hurts, my knee still hurts. I FEEL YOUR PAIN!
I wish for your back to be better and for the fibro to settle so that you can enjoy your quilting and blogging and life in general. Sincerely, Sandy Gail
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