Unmentionables

March 9 – What do you like to wear to bed?

For my return back to a regular blogging routine that has been interrupted by travel, life, and stress, today’s prompt is rather personal. Who likes to talk about what they wear to bed? So this will probably be a rather short post, but if it will get me back in the habit of daily writing, I’ll play along.

What do I like to wear to bed? As little as possible. I prefer to snuggle under heavy blankets year round. I like the weight…it’s that simple. Now, get your mind out of the gutter, you dirty readers! I’m not going commando. That’s a little too much for me (and probably too much detail for you).

When I’m traveling, I tend to sleep in a tee-shirt and shorts. Growing up, I was a tiny little fellow (I know, what happened?!?) and part of the bedtime routine was putting on an ENORMOUS white tee. It was so big that I could pull my knees to my chin and the shirt was almost the right size to cover all of me. I’ve always been a restless sleeper. I do a lot of tossing and turning throughout the night. I’ve been known to throw a few field goal attempts into the backs of anyone cursed with sharing a bed with me. Now, I find that the tossing results in getting tangled in the tee-shirt. I wake up in the middle of the night just to adjust the shirt so I don’t feel as though I am being choked any more.

On extremely cold nights — especially when the electricity has gone out in the Geriatric Ward — I will snooze the night away in a pair of flannel pajama pants. Those aren’t as bad as the tee now, but I still find that legs ride up to my knees over the course of the night. I suppose I should videotape my sleep routine some night. It might make for interesting and comical viewing.