WORKCATION | PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

Matthew had to make a trip to Pensacola last week for work (Praise for clients near the coast!), so I tagged along with him....turning his work trip into a workcation! 

It was definitely a lot cooler than we thought it would be. Monday was the only real warm day, reaching almost 70. The rest of the week was in the high 40's to low 50's. 

In all honesty most of the day looked like this....working in the hotel room....

but I did high tail it over to the beach to eat my lunches and as soon as I finished up my work for the day. 

I went to a couple of different beaches/beach accesses throughout the week, but I think my favorite one was the dog beach. I didn't even realize I was at the dog friendly beach access until after I arrived. There were dogs EVERYWHERE....so basically heaven on earth. I even made friends with this little fella names Haus. Sweet boy kept trying to climb up in my lap lol.

and then one day I had the whole beach to myself at lunch. Very peaceful and relaxing.

Then this guy showed up and joined me down by the water...

Another favorite beach area. The sand was bleach white and beautiful!

I saw a sign that said there was sand on the road, but didn't think much of it until I literally came up on it. Is it snow or is it sand? Definitely looks like snow haha!

Matthew and I did try some new restaurants and enjoyed alllll the good food! A few restaurants worthy of mentioning....

1. Crabs - delicious crab cakes

2. McGuire's Irish Pup - very large and popular restaurant in the area with great food!

3. Global Grill - This adorable restaurant is located in downtown Pensacola. The best steak we have ever had! Matthew went three years ago when he was in Pensacola for the same client and he has mentioned it often over the years. He said I had to try it and I can confirm his opinion on it. Their worcestershire sauce is homemade in house with over 70 ingredients in it. The steak was cooked to perfection in the homemade sauce and then served over garlic mashed potatoes. My mouth is watering thinking about it again- YUM!

One afternoon Matthew had to stay pretty late at the client so I decided to watch the sunset on the beach. Without a doubt one of my most favorite times to be at the beach. 

It was a great week and I am so thankful I was able to tag along with Matthew on this trip!

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WORKCATION | PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

Seaside, Florida

We stayed in Sandestin, Florida which was about 20 minutes away from Seaside, Florida, so I knew I wanted to drive down there one afternoon and see the town I have heard so much about. This little town was absolutely incredible. I honestly wanted to pack up my apartment and move down there after about five minutes of walking around. I'm not really sure how to describe it other than it was adorable and full of life. Everyone seemed like they were right at home. Here are some of the pictures I made but I promise they don't do this this little town justice.  

  The houses were adorable and full of southern charm

 

Have you ever been to Seaside?

 I told my parents next time we go to Florida we HAVE to stay there.

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Seaside, Florida

Where I've been

  You may or may not have noticed things have been a little quite around here. Well, that's because I was on vacation. My toes were in the sand everyday for the past week and I was LOVING it.   Friday when I clocked out I was officially on vacation. I headed back to my apartment to finish packing. Matthew's softball game was cancelled so I was able to clean the WHOLE apartment before I left. Saturday I had my first massage ever, I had a gift card for it and have been putting it off and finally decided to use it. I can't believe I waited almost 22 years to get one!  Then after my massage I met my mom and sisters to get our nails done, it's a little tradition we have, to get our nails done before we leave for vacation and I love it! It was the perfect day to relax before we headed to Florida the next day.

We left bright and early Sunday morning around 5:00. It is an eight hour drive to Destin but we stopped for breakfast and coffee. We still had good timing and didn't run into any traffic! I drove my car and Mady rode with me

 

We finally made it to Florida and had to get a picture with the sign

 

This was the view from our balcony...

 

 and this was the view on the opposite side..

 

We had the best time. It was the longest time I have spent with my family since moving out so it was good to be with them, I was definitely missing my alone time towards the end of the trip, ha!

Matthew wasn't able to go on this trip, he was studying away and taking the second part of the CPA test back home.

 

These beach bums were loving it! It was so fun watching them in the waves and playing in the sand.

 

I read two books last week. The Fault in Our Stars...I finished it in a day and a half and was crying like a two year old on the beach when I finished. I also read Crazy Love again!



 

I made dinner for everyone one night. All of us sitting around the table with the balcony doors opened listening to the waves crash in the background was so peaceful.

 

Daddy rented a Kayak almost everyday and it was great! We saw dolphins, stingrays, jellyfish and a ton of other weird looking fish. I will have to say the stingray definitely gave me a scare. We saw a ton of small ones but when we came up on the mom or dad it was definitely the biggest one I have ever seen. They also move REALLY fast so that definitely freaked me out even more. The dolphins were so fun to watch. Everyone was really surprised they came up so close to shore.

    I got back to Cookeville Sunday afternoon and finally got to see Matthew! A little sonic date after church was the perfect ending to my vacation.

Being on vacation was fun and very much needed but it's good to be back on a regular routine. I am missing the beach VERY much though. I am trying to talk Matthew into finding an accounting firm to work at down there once he graduates so we can have those views all the time ;)     I'll post more tomorrow about our trip!

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Where I've been