How My Weekend Plans Changed After I Got a Weighted Blanket
Weekend No. 1
Plan: Visit well-reviewed Chinese Scholar’s Garden on Staten Island; return boots that don’t fit; bake lemon-ricotta scones for potluck brunch on Sunday.
Reality: Bought weighted blanket and cancelled plans with friends to try it out.
Weekend No. 2
Plan: Cook three of ten dishes that made Bobby Flay’s career; go see a movie; visit Grandma to record some of her incredible stories for posterity.
Reality: Spent forty-eight hours under blanket watching “Fox & Friends,” to test out blanket’s anxiety-reducing capabilities.
Weekend No. 3
Plan: Go to Becca’s birthday drinks, Elexa’s housewarming party, and Clare’s baby shower!
Reality: Lay under blanket playing Words with Friends with strangers while keeping every muscle except for thumb muscles perfectly still.