currently, i sleep under two sets of blankets - the hideously pink comforter my mother bought as a bedcover for me when i was in 8th grade and the down blanket i've had since the move to america. the logic behind this is that the covering of the down blanket is made of something that resembles satin, and is so slippery that it bunches up into corners of a blanket-cover when i use one, so, instead of having an unfitted sheet under it, i have a whole comforter to make life that much warmer.
now, usually, by the time i wake up, i'm lucky to have the down blanket covering half of me, and ususally its at some odd angle to the rest of the bed. this morning, however, i wake up on my back, with both of the blankets in perfect alignment and up to my neck - almost as if someone had straightneded them out and tucked me in. weird!!!
also, i have two vague recollections from the night - one is the cat coming in and me petting her, and the second is that in the dream-state, i was lying in bed, and about 3 feet of air above me was like an air blanket of sorts - like something was keeping it as a warm, non-moving mass, and i would raise my arms into it.
at first, i thought both were very dream-based, as the cat didn't appear to be in the room, and usually, if she comes in at night, she stays the whole night. but then, as i'm getting dressed, i realize the cat simply slept in a drawer i left open - since everything in it was black anyways, i just didn't notice her... which now makes me wonder if i was raising my arms IRL, and just how the blankets got to be so straight & perfect...
of course, i was also on nyquil overnight, so that adds some interesting variables : )
i got in this morning and saw
this, which, of course, triggered one of my rant-modes. the article is supposed to be about children that were concieved posthumously, but what struck me more is the situation in question - a woman decided to have children with the sperm of her deceased husband - who died of leukemia 6 years ago, and had also had cancer. and all i can think of is WTF - both of those can be passed genetically - so what motivates someone to be artificially inseminated with sperm that may lead to such problems for the children?? in my, very close-minded on the issue, view, bringing a child into the world should be one of the most selfless acts in existence - i think that having a child should mean putting the best interest of the child first at all times - now, these children are never going to see or interact with their father - and i can understand wanting to have children from the combined DNA of yourself and a particular person - but, when that desire adds a greater-then-possibly-necesary risk to the children, shouldn't their wellbeing be taken into account before your own wishes? isn't it wrong to knowingly risk your children in this matter?
