Today I am draining my waterbed and saying goodbye to my old friend of 33 years. I bought a new bed yesterday and it is being delivered tomorrow. So, I have lots to do today. Patrick will be over soon to help me get the draining process started and I have already removed all the books and knick-knacks from the bookcase headboard and stripped all the linens and padding from the bed. I’ll be able to use the comforters on my new bed and think I can put the pillow top on the futon when I have guests using it. The mattress cover will be trashed and the sheets will either be donated or sold at a garage sale…and I have lots of sheets!

The cats (Nate especially) are fascinated with the bed being stripped down. They can see the water moving in the mattress whenever they jump on it and run across the bed trying to chase the water! I don’t know how they’ll manage with the new bed since it is much higher off the ground than the waterbed. Nate will be able to jump up just fine, but it will be a challenge for Hayes since he isn’t a jumper at all. Maybe he’ll be content with all the space he’ll now have under the bed!