tuning the bed

doctor is doing nightshifts. its always a bit boring because it means i should try keep pretty quiet and out of the bedroom for the whole day. and just now this new mattress topper arrived and i can just appreciate on the living room sofa...   it does look promising but boy did i spend hours looking for one. as always. we had been thinking we might need a new topper/mattress. the current are 6+ years old and lately my sleep is pretty poor and i wake up easily. so everytime he moves i might wake up, the mattress is so... springy. and the topper is regular foam latex or something, so i think it doesnt help. and in thailand at this hotel there was an amazingly cloud-y mattress topper we both liked. i checked the manufacturer (Darling Mattres) and contacted them immediately. the mattress topper itself was affordable, like 70£ or something... but the shipping (from Bangkok)? 2100usd. lol. of course i searched far and wide for online shops but it doesnt seem they sell outside thailand and the thai ones didnt ship to UK. but 10cm microfibre topper are not super common and i couldnt find a lot of options outside Amazon locally here. the ones i found in or outside amazon were never fully convincing, theres a always a few reviews saying the topper is not really 10cm and flattens quickly. some more so than others. something about the thai topper was that it was over 6kg in weight and many of the ones i found in amazon for instance were 3.5kg. it just sounds like they must have a lot less filling? which would explain complaints, though most reviews are positive - typical amazon. then i thought we should go to some mattress stores to check them out. of course none near us have the kind of topper we want, im not sure how far we would need to go to find one. and then what, we still wouldnt know if it flattens in use? i got exhausted of searching (and poor sleep) and picked Lancashire Textiles, it was 6 kilos and made in UK. so now im just hoping for the best.

this week i tried watching A Girl and an Astronaut. kind of interesting premise but meh, too stiff and confusing and something. new season of Black Mirror also came in last week and i watched the first episode Joan is Awful and it was okay but not great. and some reviews say its the best of the series whch sounds concerning. but i will continue. 

some of the best home purchases ive/weve made:
-dimmable bathroom light (ikea trådfri)
-remote controlled blackout blinds for livingroom
-standing desk (not just for standing but getting the perfect heigh & being able to use different chairs/stools)
-under cabinet lightning in kitchen with motion sensors
-projector. tv's seem so ugly now. 

i got a letter from Amazon pushing Amazon Music. i think thats very unappealing. i'd be surprised if it becomes really mainstream. i woud assume they make it more like Prime Video where like half of the content is actually behind another sub or pay as you go. Prime Video has started to feel so stingy in this regard. i get that its included in Amazon Prime but maybe offer a 15£ more expensive yearly charge and make it all just free... i'm not gonna get several more subs or pay per episode...

i got this dark 80s pink lipstick on impulse. im hated this lipstick colour with a passion but i think im not over the 80s trauma and ready to flaunt it! it matches my current nailpolish too. (MAC Fired up)

and russia...  well that escalated quickly, is what i thought.