Ruskin Florida

I know, I kinda have been slacking on my blog. Not even one post in December... really Wendi? I had good intentions to update my blog on vacation, but I really had no motivation to do it. Story of my life right now. :) 

Onto vacation. Daniel & I went to Ruskin Florida for a week right after Daniel finished his finals in December. It was about 20 minutes away from Tampa. It was a very nice resort to relax and do absolutely nothing, which is what we wanted to do. We took 2 days to drive down there, which went extremely smoothly! We had a condo, so we had a full size kitchen which was super nice. We cooked a lot of our own meals which was great for a number of reasons: it was more fun than at home because we did it together, they had a dishwasher so NO dishes(a huge treat for me), we saved money, and we didn't have to bother about looking nice to going out to eat. Yes, that's how lazy we really were. We did nothing we didn't have to! 

Our first breakfast- favorite meal of the day for both of us!

Stir Fry & Salad for dinner

The first full day we had there, Sunday, it was kind of cloudy and cold. So we mostly stayed inside, but did venture out to the gym. But the rest of the week we had perfect weather! Not too hot at all, and most of the week we had the pool to ourselves!

Our section of the resort where we stayed

A couple of nights we went out to eat and did some stuff in town which was nice. First we hit the beach for a beautiful sunset. :)

Cheesecake Factory! So delicious!

The only bummer about the Cheesecake Factory was that we sat so close to two other women we couldn't have our own conversation- haha, just listened to theirs!

Another night we went shopping at the mall for a bit- which was absolutely crazy busy. I asked Daniel WHY it was so crazy on a week night....oh duh. It was the week before Christmas there too. It certainly does not feel like Christmas while you're in Florida. We went out to eat at a delicious fish place afterwards- Shrimp Boat & Grill. 

(An instagram photo)

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Our living room for the week- lots of time spent here!

Our kitchen for the week

 

 Oh how I love this man. It was such a wonderful week... something that we both needed badly. It was soo wonderful to go to bed whenever we felt like and get up whatever time we wanted. To have time for devotions and not have to "rush" them before work or bed, exercise, and to just spend time together, and of course soak up the sunshine. :) 

I must say though as a side note, we were ready to socialize with other people by the end of the trip. :) But don't get me wrong, we enjoyed every minute of being together! We left at 3am on Saturday and drove straight home. We hit some ice, but thankfully we got home safely 18.5 hours later. Did I mention that Daniel drove all the way there and all the way back? I would have driven some, but we drove his car which is stick shift and I'm not very confident with that... especially in Atlanta and Nashville traffic! Just another reason why I love him! :) 

While Florida is a wonderful place to go in December, it does not feel "normal." That's not what I grew up with... Christmas with 80 degree weather? No, you need snow and cold. :) So it was kind of a weird Christmas just because it didn't feel like it most of the month! 

 ....lots more posts to come... eventually. It's January now, which means it's crazy at work....