I did not continue with the cleaning today, but I did take part in a very important mission: choosing my parents' new mattress.

Actually, I had nothing to do with their decision-making, but I did drive them to three stores (and then dinner afterward).

Anyway, the important thing to know here is that my parents have probably been using their current mattress for as long as they've been married. That's nearly 40 years.

What I'm getting at here is that there was this whole undercurrent of "this is the last mattress we're going to sleep on" going on.

It was a little morbid, but I guess that's how they deal with getting older.

The bottom line is they actually picked a mattress. I'll be the first to admit that I didn't think they would, after just one day on the hunt. But, for that, I will forever be proud. Sleep well!