Now that you're single, are you sleeping on the Entire Bed?

Months have passed since I have been annointed as a single mom and I am still sleeping on the right-hand side of a queen size bed. It doesn’t matter if the flock is preventing my sideways orientation by standing guard on the bed’s borders because by morning I am clinging to a simple sheet on the edge of the bed. Sounds as if I am holding a space for my ex? Highly unlikely – and we’re leaving it at that. It’s a 12-year habit that’s going away TONIGHT.

 

This evening I have pulled back the

covers and am taking on status quo

with my two-pillows and soft blanket

with a tag that reads “life.” 

Here’s the plan:

1. Put all the pillows on the center of the bed, leaving the sides pillowless. (Removing temptation. Ha!)

2. Surround my body with the grey fuzzy life-branded blanket.

3. Strategically place my foot warmers down the bed’s center line (i.e. cat).

4. Curl up with a good book using my new reading light so that I do not have to get out of bed disrupting my new state.

5. Sip a glass of wine slowly and enjoy.

After putting the girls to sleep, I put my plan into motion and guess what? I woke up this morning in the middle of the bed, legs and arms extended in a perfect x-position. Habit KICKED. I am just getting used to the space in my bed and in my life.

Who knows what I’ll do next?!