Hey diddle diddle, who's in the middle??

Every couple has probably encountered the issue of who more easily gets overheated at night, who has icy feet, hogs the covers, snores, thrashes, talks in their sleep, etc.

Now add another human to the mattress.

In addition to the usual, you have to figure out who's going to be in the middle. Now, in general, I love the middle, and early on I always wanted to be there. But so did Red, and this led to more than one harrumphy moment. Chloe tends to get uncomfortably hot, so wants to be able to throw a leg out from under the covers. I tend to feel chilly, so I want to cocoon up. Red likes three pillows, one to put on top of his head (HOW does he not feel SUFFOCATED?!), while I like one firm or two smushy. That means if there's a rotation of person-positions overnight, there might also need to be a pillow-shuffle. Come morning, only one of us actually knows how to turn off the alarm clock over on the left-hand side (don't get me started). And finally, I am by far the lightest sleeper. So if either of the other two snores, or thrashes, or has imaginary conversations (Chloe is so CUTE when she does that), or forgets to turn their phone all the way silent, I get waked up and might not fall back asleep easily. You can see how this would be a giant pain.

So.

After a year of overcrowding, we upgraded from a queen size bed to a California King. This did help, but still the Middle Kingdom is contested. By default it belongs to Red; he likes it there, and he's the soundest sleeper, and doesn't tend to get overheated. But if he goes spoony, it has to be toward either one girl or the other, and the remaining girl might feel left out. Plus I like the super-snuggled sensation, so if it's a night when I don't have to get up early the next morning, I'll lobby for that. (Or scooch over and steal it when he gets up for a moment.) Every so often Chloe winds up there, and sometimes I get surprised when it's her soft skin I reach over and find next to me.

I suspect this will be an ongoing issue for the Trifecta. Gotta say: it's a good problem to have. Means we're all in one place, which is the happiest place on earth.