Well its that time of year again. Between two ranch dogs that never bathe and one human that sweats every endometriosis day, there always comes a point where the memory foam mattress becomes too grody and must be disposed of and replaced. The problem is, im always working two towns over during the business hours of “my” landfill and because im not a resident of the county in which i work, i cannot dump anything at their landfill. So, the mattress must be cut up into smaller, more manageable squares and discarded one bag at a time when trash day comes around. It would take 6 weeks to get rid of all the bags sitting under a tree in the yard but i would get it done before christmas. Then i could stop stuffing all the regular trash into one bag only and throwing away my lunch trash and water bottles at work. I borrowed a knife from a coworker who sharpens his own knives and prides himself on having extra sharp blades at all times. It was much sharper than any of my knives. It made faster work of the task.
Walmart did not come through for me. They only had spring mattresses in a twin. I ended up having to order another mattress online upon realizing the problem and give a neighbor permission to pick up my mail onna certain day so he could retrieve the package from the post office counter and leave it on my porch while i was at work. In the meantime, i slept in the car for about four nights waiting for the new mattress to arrive. The dogs took the backseat and i the front and i set my phone alarm clock to wake us up and brought a pillow. 3 out of 4 nights i was able to leave the car off. The final night, it was just too hot and i had to turn the car on to use the a/c but it was basically parked in an open field so we didnt have to worry about exhaust. the mattress arrived on endometriosis day. I hobbled up the steps after driving home from what ended up being a half day at work, wrestled the box inside, and got the new mattress, mosquito net tent, and bedding put together just in time to collapse and enter into the most intense hours of endometriosis day. I remember being so relieved the bed was finished and i was done moving for a while. This mattress has a protective cover on it so supposedly all i should need to switch out is the cover between the mattress and the fitted sheet.
