I always have a lot of trouble sleeping anywhere that is not my bed.
I have always been this way. It doesn’t matter if it is a hotel, a friend’s house, or even the couch; I can’t sleep well the first night or two in a strange place. So, whenever I plan a trip, I just know I won’t get any sleep for the first 48 hours or so. That’s why I wasn’t looking forward to this family reunion. Sure, I wanted to see everyone again but I knew I would be sleeping in a sleeping bag on the floor near a bunch of my cousins. None of that is conducive to sleeping well. I really surprised myself by sleeping the whole night through every single night of the trip. How is that possible? Well my aunt has heated floors. I thought this would make sleeping on the floor more uncomfortable but it absolutely did not. I think the heat from the floor made me feel warm, comfortable and safe. It was like rolling up in a warm heated blanket. Yes, the floor was a bit hard but that didn’t matter. I didn’t even wake up with back pain. I think the heat from the floor took care of any pain that might otherwise have been there. My cousins all slept well on the heated floor too. Some of the older adults didn’t believe us. They kept trying to switch the beds out so that we weren’t the only ones sleeping on the floor all week. We refused. None of us wanted the beds. Not when we have nice warm heated floors to sleep on.