Yesterday morning, Leap Day, Sweet Hubby surprised me by deciding to take the day off from working on the house, and gave me an Us day. I was thrilled, although I hadn't had a chance to plan anything, so we made the day up as we went along.
First we went out to breakfast. Something New #1 was that I ordered oatmeal with raisins and bananas. I am a bacon/sausage/eggs/toast/pancakes/waffles/sweet roll/hash browns kind of person, but lately I've been wanting to clean up my eating, so I went with a bowl of oatmeal (along with a few bites of SH's biscuits and gravy - I'm not an aesthete, after all). It was actually quite satisfying. As we ate, we talked about possibilities for the day, which were somewhat limited because of the rain. I mentioned an Alexander Calder exhibition at the art museum, so that became the plan.
SN #2: Except for a giant red sculpture titled The Eagle in Seattle's outdoor sculpture park, I had never seen a live Calder. I very much enjoyed getting to know his whimsical, graceful work. I especially liked his animals: Crinkle Crocodile, Bird, Rat, and Vache. We explored other parts of the museum as well, then headed back to the train.
One significant moment before we left the museum. I went to the ticket counter to ask why we had not gotten the $3 discount I had read on the website comes with buying tickets online. The ticket vendor wasn't quite sure, and as he struggled to explain, I interrupted him and was mildly, uncharacteristically belligerent. After that, SH and I went to the museum store to nose around, but that moment at the ticket counter kept itching, so I finally went back upstairs to the counter and apologized. I'm so glad I did that (and so was the vendor). I know about myself that when I don't clean up a bad moment, a mistake, a misunderstanding, it will continue to haunt me in odd moments, sometimes for years. I was embarrassed to have to humble myself like that, but it was such a relief once I had.
So, on to SN #3. On the train ride home, we talked about where we might want to have dinner. I remembered a place we have passed countless times but never gone into, a restaurant called Aurora Borealis. (The manager told us that a lot of people seem to think it's a marijuana shop.) It got an excellent Yelp rating, so we decided to try it. And it was great! I want to go back again and again to try more dishes on the tempting menu. I ordered SN #4: a Jalapeno Popper burger, constructed with pickled jalapenos, cream cheese, and raspberry sauce. (I know, I know, what happened to cleaning up my eating? But this was my only other meal of the day and I had a salad instead of fries as my side dish.) SH had a garlic mushroom burger. Both really tasty, although very messy to eat.
After dinner, we asked for a tour of the downstairs event rooms, and learned that there is live music at this place almost every night. We've already decided to go back for the Blues Bash, which happens to fall on Mar. 12, our 18 year anniversary.
All in all, it was a wonderful day, going to new places, trying new foods. And best of all was that we spent it together. A whole day with my Sweet Hubby. Am I lucky or what?
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