Monday, August 18, 2008

Bedtime Story Episode Six

What do people usually say?
Never make your final judgment so soon?

One every few nights I would hear some funny sounds. I was wondering what that was, but it happened too quickly I could barely figure out where it was coming from.

"Jib...Jib...shu-ub..Jib..thee-up...Jib.."

What's that sound??
I swear it's coming from Ronald's side!
Oh it is! It's from him! OMG! I have a chipmunk sleeping with me at night!
He chews at night!

And so the secret is finally revealed. Ronald knows transfiguration, and he is a chipmunk.
He makes this funny chewing sound at night once in a while.
Apparently he knows about it cause' during his University years his roommate has already told him. Obviously he would only let me find out these things on my own eh?
I think someone once tell me that teeth grinding sounds really bad. According to my observation Ronald is not teeth grinding. It's definitely chipmunk chewing.


Argh.

I guess I should be happy that he is not a werewolf.

Bedtime Story Episode Five

All along Ronald knew he was keeping the whole comforter at night. Some nights I was more lucky and got a corner of it. He told me to give him some time to adjust, but I didn't expect anything would change anytime soon. To my amazement, since about 3 days ago he stopped taking over! In fact my blankie felt off the bed at night and my side of the comforter stayed with me! Even more, he stayed on his side of the bed now. Although just a night ago I had to push him back before I felt off the bed, it was still just one night out of the 3 that I had to do that.

I believe we are starting to get into our routine.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Bedtime Story Episode Four

Being so close in proximity could be very sweet, but sometimes tragedy would happen too.

It was one of the good nights.
Ronald wasn't snoring. He had the whole comforter but I had my backup so it was fine. I was sleeping on my side and he had his head on his pillow too! Everything was going so well and we were both fast asleep.
While Ronald was having his sweet dreams, he decided to lift his hand and put it behind his head. It must be a very comfortable position with the soft memory foam pillow supporting his albow, pointing at my head. Obviously he didn't put in any thoughts to the potential danger he was creating. I was facing the other way so I had no idea what he was doing.

Then it happened.
I decided to turn my head and BANG! The side of my head went straight toward his elbow.
I was awaken in pain while he bounced up from bed wondering what happened.
Then a series of event took place. He first realized I hit my head to his elbow. Then he realized he was sleeping right in the middle of the bed. While backing off he also found out that the whole comforter was on his side. Although I was wailing, it was funny to watch him busy trying to put everything back in order and saying Sorries to me at the same time.
It's just sooo cute.

Bedtime Story Episode Three

I always thought that people who used to sleep in twin beds would sleep straight, only to one side when they first switched to sleeping on bigger beds. At least that's what happened to me for a while until I got used to the queen bed. I guess it's not the same for everyone.
Ever since Ronald started sleeping next to me at night, I couldn't recall seeing him sleeping straight at all. He had been sleeping in all angles and directions except for sleeping straight. We never really marked "the line" between us but he definitely crossed it every night. Either his head was on my pillow, or his legs invaded my space. I hadn't had the urge to push him away so I kept on retreating closer to the edge of the bed.

One night I was so close to the edge that I had to say something else I would soon fall off.

"Yo why are you sleeping all the way here? What happened to your side of the bed? I am going to fall soon!"
"What? I am not on your side! I hardly moved!" While saying that he stretched his hand thinking he could reach the edge of his side of the bed to prove himself innocent, obviously he couldn't.
"Oh... whoops... sorrie... " Half asleep, Ronald pulled himself back to his "designated sleeping area" and snored away in two seconds.

Later I realized a pattern.
No matter what angle he was sleeping in, a part of him was always lingering. He could be sleeping with his head lightly on my shoulder, or his knee right by mine. That's why he was always on my side of the bed.
Else how could he be close to me even in his sleep?

I think the most romantic of it all was the few times he held my hand to sleep... it's soo sweet of him.

Bedtime Story Episode Two

After the first few nights Ronald's snoring subsided.
That was great news to me because I thought I could finally sleep in at night.

But then something else started to happen.
Our comforter kept on going to one side of the bed and not the other. Needless to say, it was not going to my side.
Very soon I took my own blankie back out from the closet as "backup" in case the shared comforter got "rolled up". At night I would giggle when I saw that Ronald had once again taken the entire comforter away. I even joked with him that we should have bungee cords tying down the comforter to both sides of the bed so it wouldn't "go anywhere".

Every morning he would wake up, apologize to me and give me hugs and kisses.
For that I really don't mind loosing the comforter every night.

Bedtime Story Episode One

And so "sleeping together" at night finally begun.
During the 3 years I knew Ronald, he rarely snored. Even my brother agreed with me.
Out of all the possible issues, the first unexpected problem we faced after the wedding day was Ronald's snoring.
I can only sleep in absolute silence but Ronald snored all night for the first few nights.

I was tempted to wake him up several times but didn't think that was what a gentle wife would do.
So under the faint moonlight I looked at him for a while. He was sleeping so very peacefully despite the snoring noise.
He probably couldn't hear himself one bit - the more reason I shouldn't wake him up.

That few nights I had lots of time starring at the ceiling, thanking God that I have someone I love so alive, laying next to me every night.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Mrs. Chan

I am finally married.

All my life I have been wondering who I will marry, how does it feel to be someone's wife. Now that I am married, I am not sure what I am suppose to feel. I am very happy I've married someone that loves me so much though.

I think the biggest difference so far is the way Ronald is treating me.
It's a little different than before.
He treats me like a wife, not a girlfriend anymore.
He probably doesn't know it but since our status change, even the look in his eyes is different. It's a good change so I don't mind.

I am glad he is so happy these days. I'll do anything to keep it this way everyday.
For sure we'll come across obstacles in the near future but I feel we can face the challenge together.

It's been a very pleasant relationship with Ronald in the past 3 years.
I am sure he'll be a sweet husband in many years to come.