I was scrolling through my Facebook feed recently, and a friend from way back was asking for chiropractic recommendations for her back. Her reason: “I slept weird“. I laughed. I wasn’t laughing at her, I was laughing with her. A few weeks before I had used the same exact verbiage to describe to my wife why I couldn’t bend over to put on my pants on in the morning.
In my teenage years I could sleep anywhere, or not sleep.
In my 20’s I could stay out until the sun came up, sleep on a random friend’s worn out couch for a couple hours, and be a totally functional human being until it was time to go do that again.
In my 30’s I could work myself to the edge of FAA duty time regulations every day, stack bags in the cargo hold of my business jet, and power through it.
Now here I found myself in my 40’s, with an expensive king mattress, and I couldn’t bend over because “I slept weird.” I slept fine, but somewhere during the night my back…..got weird…
Another old friend, this one from high school, had the best quote I’ve ever heard about being in your 40’s:
I don’t feel old, but there aren’t many days when I get out of bed and don’t grunt a little when I stand up.
As you head into thanksgiving weekend, there’s a good chance you will be sleeping on an old guest bed. Here’s hoping you don’t sleep weird. Have a great thanksgiving week all!
