{"id":2254,"date":"2008-03-16T22:58:43","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T06:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2008-03-17T00:05:35","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T07:05:35","slug":"you-spend-the-majority-of-life-in-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2254","title":{"rendered":"You spend the majority of life in bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I moved to San Francisco, I thought I should upgrade to a fullsize.  You know, just so that I could be <i>adult<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>I diligently researched possible retailers.  Then determined my budget.<\/p>\n<p>And I thought I was so brillant when I came upon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtcheapmattress.com\">Dirt Cheap Mattress<\/a>.  I spent only $500 on a so-called luxurious bed set.  I was so happy to find the ultra plush Simmons with a pillow top.  I spent the following weeks researching the best sheet sets and other things.<\/p>\n<p>My roommate didn&#8217;t agree with me and went to buy his bed at Ikea.<\/p>\n<p>Now about 1.5 years later, I wish I went the standard normal route.  The bed sags in the middle.  Unlike my younger self, I don&#8217;t jump on the bed.  It doesn&#8217;t hurt my back yet, but people who have come over&#8230;complained.  I am happy sinking into the mush.<\/p>\n<p>And so today, I reluctantly went to try buying real beds at real retailers.  It was confusing.  The same mattresses with different labels at different retailers.  How could I justify spending so much money when I may leave the Bay Area?  What if I suddenly decide to upgrade to a queen?  And what if?<\/p>\n<p>And the funny thing is, I am much more willing to spend more money on a computer than a bed.  Chris did point out that I spend most of my day on the computer than on the bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I moved to San Francisco, I thought I should upgrade to a fullsize. You know, just so that I could be adult. I diligently researched possible retailers. Then determined my budget. And I thought I was so brillant when &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2254\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}