ingredients for a good night's sleep

I live on the second floor. My building was built in the 60’s and uses an ancient boiler to heat the apartments.  Several years ago I had the building remove my radiators.    Even with them gone, my apartment is too hot most of the time.

Heat rises and I am unfortunately situated.   And forget opening my windows.  I face a busy crosstown street.  My bedroom air conditioner runs all year. 

But May is a great month.  The boiler has been shut down in anticipation of warm weather, though often the weather doesn’t comply.  This morning, for example, it’s 43 degrees outside.  My bedroom is a perfect 71 (I have a thermometer).  This is when I sleep best.  (If only I could open my windows and hear birds and the ocean, not taxis and trucks…that would make it near-perfect).

I now have all the ingredients for a great night’s sleep:

    A handcrafted, firm Shiffman mattress

    Big down pillows

    Crisp white Matouk sheets

All I’m missing is a clear mind.  As soon as I get a boyfriend, find a high-paying job (this can be eliminated if found boyfriend is rich and wants to support me forever), Alexander graduates and finds his dream job, and I start getting younger, I’ll be able to sleep really really well.  May is a good month for sleeping.  So for now anyway, I’m happy with one really.