What makes a man?

I just got off the phone with my hubby, and I felt I must get this down before I forgot this absolute jewel:

Sang was at work this morning, and called me to let me know he was coming home soon,
"Honey, I feel so manly. I've been working with all kinds of power tools, and I even broke a jigsaw bit".

"I understand the power tools, but why would breaking the jigsaw make you feel manly?"

"Sweetie, there's nothing more manly than mucking something up"

I don't think I could have said it better myself.

Knees bend forwards and backwards

I have known myself for 26 years. And yet, still finding out new things.

The other day in yoga class, my instructor informed me that I was hyperextending my knee. What?! Totally didn't know that was something I could do. She showed how to prevent it - and wow, talk about a different sensation when I am stretching.

I have often hated hamstring stretches - it is painful, and I don't feel very flexible in that area. No matter how much I practice, it still feels tight. Now, I have discovered, that actually the pain comes from forcing my knees to bend backwards. By tightening my quads before I stretch, thus pulling the kneecaps upwards and preventing the hyperextension, I feel a very different sensation - a good stretch - and, I am perhaps more flexible than I thought.

It goes to show the importance of exercising with a professional. I don't know that I have been doing this my whole life, but the sensation is familiar to me, so it's at least been a while. It is nothing I noticed as odd, I thought my knees were behaving like everyone elses. I thought the sensations I was experiencing were normal.

As an aside, though, I showed my husband me touching my toes with me preventing the hyperextension, and then the difference - me touching my toes with out. Mr. Sensitive's reaction to the later? "Yuck!"

Wedding Pics

Sang and I hired a wonderful photographer, Ms. Tasha Starr from Joel Ross photography. She was a pleasure to be with, and one of the saddest things about the wedding being over, is that we no longer have an excuse to hang out with her.

Joel Ross has an online photogallery. By going to their home page, you should be able to navigate to our wedding photos. If you have any problems, let me know.

Otherwise, Sang's friend Nathan has given us a CD with a few wedding pics, and we would both be very happy to accept any others.

We're getting comfortable

I would have to say that most of the growing pains I am experiencing about my marriage have more to do with living with my beloved, as opposed to the actual marriage part. I don't know if this means that people who lived together before they were marrried experience absolutely no discomfort/change when they are wedded, or weither their problems/experiences are simply different than mine.

Everyday, I am happy to say that Sang and I are getting more comfortable with living with each other. Last night, however, I think we reached an important milestone. The "just because we're both at home tonight doesn't mean we need to hang out" milestone. Now, if that happened every night we were together, that would probably really start to suck. But occasionally, it's really nice I think to have some "me time" at home.

Last night, for example, we went out for Vietnamese food because Sang was experiencing a particular craving. Once we got home, I called my very dear friend who just had a baby. As I was chatting in the bedroom, Sang was passed out on a chair in the living room. After I was done on the phone, I starting making cookies in the kitchen, while Sang migrated to the study, and then the bedroom to play on his computer, and DS Lite, respectively.

If either of us had needed to hear the other's voice, it was available. But, it was not nessesary. We were seperate, together. And comfortable with that.