ARGHHHH!!...I WANT MY OWN ROOM!!!

I have lived with my husband for the past 21 years of my life and we have always shared a room/bed. Up until the past few years, this has not been a problem. Now all of a sudden all I desire is a peaceful night’s rest without my husband interrupting it with his snoring and tossing and turning. I have noticed that on occasion when we don’t sleep together (he or I are out of town, etc.) how incredible my night’s rest is and how great it is to wake up feeling refreshed and energized…unlike the mornings that I share my bed with him. Here is a typical night’s sleep for me:

8:30 pm - Mike goes to bed and I stay up.

10:00 pm - I go to get into bed and Mike has his head in the upper left-hand corner of the bed and his feet in the lower right-hand corner of the bed. So basically, he has taken up the entire bed by sleeping diagonally. I crawl into bed and gently move his legs to his side of the bed. I watch the news.

10:30 pm - I shut off the light and settle in to fall asleep.

12:00 am - Mike is on his side and snoring in my ear. I gently wake him up and tell him to roll over. I go back to sleep.

12:30 am - Mike has rolled over onto his back and there is a freight train going through my bedroom. I wake him up and tell him to roll over onto his side.

1:45 am - I wake up because there is so much tossing and turning going on from “you know who.” He finally settles down and I fall back asleep.

2:25 am - Mike is on his side, snoring. I toss and turn as hard as I can so he wakes up a little bit and stops snoring.

3:05 am - Mike is on his side again, and snoring in my ear, but this time he has pushed me up against the edge of my side of the bed so that I have no room. I’m mad now. I push his shoulder rather abruptly and tell him to scoot over because he is hogging the bed and SNORING IN MY EAR!!

3:40 am - Mike is once again sleeping diagonally. I kick his legs (hard) (because I’m mad) until he is back on his side of the bed.

4:10 am - WHAT THE HECK…THE FREIGHT TRAIN IS BACK. I’ve had it! I get up, grab my pillow and head for the couch. This is ridiculous!

4:45 am - I’m supposed to get up and go to the gym. Mike is up and he’s all ready to go…bouncing around like a rabbit (because he has had plenty of restful sleep.) He wakes me up “Are you going to the gym?” I look at him sternly and think “Are you kiddin’ me?” I tell him no and go back to sleep. I have the best two hours sleep that I’ve had all night…Mike is at the gym and I have the bed all to myself!

So, that my friend’s is why I want my own room. Now some of you are thinking, “well, share a room and just get separate beds.” That is not going to work! I already have the majority of the dresser and closet space, and I still need more…hence having my own room would be perfect! And….don’t even get me started about having my own bathroom…