Do you have a recurring dream or nightmare?

Mine have changed over the years.

• First it was the owl pecking out the back window of a car I was being driven in through a forest. (I was really young then)
• Then it was the sticks with weird voices that wouldn’t let me through.  (Nope, no idea)
• Then I had the standard ‘going for an exam and forgot to revise…or actually attend a class in the last two years’.
• And in the last few months I’ve swapped that out for the one where I am an old lady in a hospital bed, unable to communicate that I have really cold elbows.

It’s been waking me up.  It’s resulted in early morning and late night conversations with Mr R that should I ever be in a hospital bed unable to communicate, for the love of God, will he please make sure my elbows are covered?!

Because actually, this isn’t just a dream.  I do get really cold elbows in bed.  It actually wakes me up if they are not covered. And between that and the old lady nightmare, it’s been ruining my sleep.

But, lovely people, I am pleased to let you know I have solved the problem 😁. I located a cardigan that Percy attacked as a puppy but I kept just incase I ever had a use for…

…snipped off the arms, crocheted around the top so they were a bit grippy…

…And popped them over my nightshirt (Norman cat was not terribly impressed)

They are not a thing of beauty and I suspect the are as attractive as that pair of really comfy pants we all own that contain a few holes and most of the elastic has gone, but lordy, my sleep last night was not interrupted by visions of cold elbowed old ladies or actual cold elbows.  They are like leg warmers for elbows.  I have invented elbow warmers.  And I am proud 😁