Hi, I’m Ben.
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We did it. We finally bought a new mattress. New Year, new... spine alignment?

We were fed up with our Nectar memory foam mattress. Well, I was. A few years ago, it developed a dip on my side of the bed - insert weight-related comment here. It was still in warranty, so Nectar sent out an independent company to check it. The guy who came out acknowledged there was a dip, but it wasn't a big enough dip for Nectar to send out a replacement. Thanks Nectar.

I don't know why I continued to put up with it. But, after a couple weeks of sustained bad sleep and waking up achy and sore over Christmas, enough was enough. This time, we've ditched memory foam completely and gone for a medium-firm pocket sprung mattress. My back cannot wait.

Booked a flu jab. Work have offered to pay for it, so seems silly not to.

Now if I could just stop getting colds...

It's that time of year again. Family are asking me for ideas about what to get me for Christmas and I have no idea. I'm struggling to think of one thing, let alone multiple things to give people options.

Time waits for no man. It also passes more quickly as Christmas approaches. Don't ask me the science behind that, it just does, ok?

This evening, I drove past a house that had Christmas lights already up. I'm no Scrooge, but that's officially too early. Ellie's birthday is at the end of November, so we wait until that's been and gone before we turn our attention to Christmas. Plus, the weather in November has so far been pretty mild and it doesn't feel cold enough to be thinking about Christmas yet.