Summers are always hot. That makes it really hard to get to sleep some nights.

Usually I just crank the AC really low, but that only wakes me up at night freezing.

After getting off work, I start cooking dinner.

My girlfriend doesn't make it in until later tonight.

She's working at a second shift schedule, just a sandwich for me and something for her in the fridge.

We've been together for five years,

but moved into the same apartment just recently. It was a tough move getting her across the city

to this place, a lot of boxes, a lot of trips. Then there was the painting and the new carpet.

Slowly but surely, we made a home. It was only last week when we finally unpacked the last box.

Tonight is the first night I'll be sleeping on the new bed.

We bought it at a used furniture store after the old one broke.

This one was much newer.

The old bed was left over furniture from my parents,

and it was incredibly worn, hardly big enough to fit two people.

To celebrate, we also bought a brand new mattress to go with it.

Something to maybe help with my back issues. I eat and watch some videos before I laying down on the bed.

Eventually, I get tired enough to roll over and sleep. I am woken up in the middle of the night.

Sure enough, the heat is bothering me again. I really need to install a fan. I mumbled to myself as I stare

up at the ceiling, adding more to the list of improvements to this place. The solution, since I don't

want to roll out of bed, is to just stick my feet out to help cool me off. Seems to do the trick as I

close my eyes and lie on my back. Soon the blackness takes me in and I am out.

I have a nice dream.

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