Bed

I learned something useful while traveling: I need a new bed.

For quite some time, I've been getting up each morning with sore, aching hip joints. Most of the stiffness usually went away after fifteen minutes or so, so I didn't really worry about it, aside from grumbling about how I'm too young to feel this much like an old lady. The biggest problem was that the hip joint aches seemed to possibly be exacerbating the knee problems (which are a bigger problem), and in fact my knee was also usually sore when I got up, even if I slept with a straight right leg.

When I slept on the hotel bed (and the bed at Ed's uncle and aunt's house), I woke up pain-free and feeling much more perky.

So! New bed. As soon as can be arranged. Anyone know if I also need a new box spring, or if it's just a new mattress we should get? Would my physical complaints require a firm mattress, or a soft mattress, or simply a new mattress? Any thoughts on sleep-number beds, or other weird faddish sleeping equipment?

A futon is right out, FYI. Been there, done that, own the well-worn college t-shirts, thankyouverymuch.