Wow.

What a difference a single sheet of foam rubber makes... I have had the same mattress on my bed for the last ten or fifteen years. It has developed troughs and lumps as a result of my habit of sleeping on my side. Very, very uncomfortable when I roll over and find myself on the central beam. I cannot currently afford a new mattress - I'm saving, but right now it's not in the cards. Yesterday I went looking for a lumbar support pillow for my dad's car for his Father's Day present. Couldn't find one- the auto supply places were closed, Bed Bath and Linens and Things didn't have them, neither did Macy's - but I *did* get a big plastic container to hold my winter clothes, and a sheet of cushioning foam rubber cut to fit a twin-sized mattress. It's been ages since my bed felt even the least little bit cushy. this was great. I got to sleep on that last night. . . definitely worth $9.99.

Meanwhile happily giggling to myself over the PBEM I'm running, currently for just quintus. (I'm open to other people, but only if you're not going to play in VicMage.Asia eventually - this is debugging the setting.) Poor bastard. His bed won't see foam rubber for at least seventy years - or more.