Shrinking

I seem to spend every evening in a smaller and smaller space... I lie down on my side, facing the wall, my knee jutting out over the edge of the bed a little bit, and I curl my right arm underneath the pillow. I hardly even take up as much space as my body would require if I were lying straight on my back, and I tend to stay in that position for most of the night. I use less than half of the bed, and never stray across the center line. I suppose it should feel cold, or lonely, or distant, but I've stopped feeling those things so much... instead, I just see myself lying there as if I'm an outsider observing from inside the room, and I gently shake my head in sympathy.

On a related note, I found a neat article about sleep positions here.

They leave out a bunch of positions in the photo from Redbook's original article, but it's still interesting to think about... Is it weird that we tend to be a 'G'? Maybe that's mainly because I have a core temperature near that of the Sun... or maybe it's for other, more complex reasons. Either way, I yearn for A,C,F, or any sort of physical contact. I know we're asleep, but it is still comforting to be literally in touch with my partner.