I woke up this morning feeling a little antsy, so I turned to Shane over our breakfast and said, “Let’s have an adventure today.” Â Now, considering our January routine of hunkering down inside on the weekends, spending Saturdays napping, reading, and watching football, even a walk around a block could be deemed an ‘adventure’. Â It being our month of frugality and all, with no non-essential spending allowed, we haven’t made it out of the house a whole lot. Â So we threw around a list of ‘free dates’ and decided to drive 15 minutes south of our house to check out Kubota Garden – a Japanese garden we’ve been meaning to visit since we first heard some friends talk about it a couple of years ago. Â I had my thermos of hot tea in hand, my coziest scarf wound around my neck, and we were off! Â I was thrilled (seriously, if you knew how many hours I’ve spent on the couch over the last couple of weeks, you would think I had a case of either agoraphobia or mono). Â The second we got in the car, it started to rain – bummer… Â But I convinced myself that it might not actually be raining 5 miles south of our house, and rain always seems to be falling harder than it really is when you’re driving through it, so we pushed on. Â And…we pulled up to the garden entrance and found that it was indeed raining in Renton. Â Go figure. Â But I was determined to have my adventure, dammit, so I coerced Shane out of the car and we did actually enjoy a pleasant (but wet) stroll through the garden. Â I was able to snap a few pictures, breathe some fresh air, and do something out of the ordinary, which was really what the day was all about. Â Plus, after our chilly little outdoor bout, my special spot on the couch felt so much warmer, and the hot chocolate I made tasted so much sweeter. Â So it was worth it.
