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So after all of the degenerate sheet insanity, I made my way down to Hagerstown to exchange the Wamsutta sheets that don’t fit the bed. I couldn’t find any 300tc sheets that had “extra deep pockets” so I had to settle for a 250tc set, in white. If I was cool with the mix & match thing it would be a lot easier, but I really prefer the fitted and flat sheets to be the same colour. Anyway, they fit nicely and my next trip sort of made up for it. I did want a set of white sheets anyway.

So, I stopped at Home Depot on the way home, they had no air conditioners either, well, except for the $1000 portable ones that you don’t put through a window or wall… heh. Bastards!

I swing by home to pick up the woman so that we can head to Camphill/Harrisburg to exchange the defective sheets, well, they had nothing at Boscov’s that really met with my approval so I just returned them. We then hopped over to Linen’s & Things, wow, that place is the mecca of bedding! I had a difficult time in choosing which set of sheets to get, but I finally settled on a set of 400tc sateen ones in a sort of creamy beige colour. They were on sale for $50, which is quite a good price for such a high thread count, and they seem to be made well, especially considering they didn’t fall apart like the other ones I took back, hahaha.

I finally spent a night in my new bed, mmmm, it’s so comfortable, I didn’t want to get up!

I started on the headboard lastnight, only to discover that the circular saw is now degenerate. I guess a new one is going to be on my list of tools to get eventually. So I gave up and used, get this, the reciprocating saw, hahahaah… yeah, no way to get a straight cut with that thing! Thankfully the straightness of the cut isn’t important because the whole thing is getting covered with batting, etc. I have one pack of batting on the board now, need to find the energy to get the second pack of batting on it, then cover it with this awesome chenille upholstery fabric. I think I’ll need to go get some bolts or something so that I can attach it to the bedframe. Of course as I realize that I’ll probably need to go to Lowes, I realize also that they are closing in nine minutes, so I guess that won’t be happening, hahaha. I can probably find what I need around here though, if I look closely enough.

Unfortunately it appears as though 2 bags of batting, which approximates about 5-6 layers doesn’t seem to be squishy enough, so I’ll need to go out and get some more. In retrospect I should have probably bought the foam, even though it was rather pricey, it probably would have been cheaper in the long run. Oh well, lessons learned. Cole had suggested that I use foam originally for the headboard up here. Of course the fabric store is closed so getting the foam now isn’t happening.