Words cannot explain how fantastic this past weekend was.
I have been planning a trip to Tampa to visit My Guy for a few months now but it always seemed better for him for come home than for me to go there. Whenever he comes home, we always have the weekend planned. It usually includes vising with my family, his family, our friends, usually there's a wedding we need to attend, or a baptism. Basically something is always going on and our time together is usually none existing. Yes of course we do all of these things together but we don't have time for just the two of us. All we want is to lay on the couch and watch TV together or go grocery shopping, you know real life stuff.
And the reason why I wanted to go to Tampa this time was just to spend time together, just the two of us together with no one else, and that is exactly what we did.
Welcome to the picture overload post.
Friday - Included a day of work & travel. Work has been crazy as always, but it's good because it makes my day go by much faster. I had a connection through Atlanta on Friday, talk about a busy airport! I had an hour layover, which gave me plenty of time to get to my gate. We landed in Tampa a half hour later than scheduled because we were delayed leaving Atlanta..nothing new.
Once in Tampa, I wasn't that nervous to see My Guy which was strange because I'm always nervous to see him. We ended up going to have some drinks at the International Mall, which is half outdoors and half indoors. We sat outside next to a little fire and enjoyed each others company. Oh I also tried this Skinnygirl drink and it was amazing! Plus it's only 5 calories :) We always end the night with a bunch of random pictures.
Saturday - We woke up a little early and started getting ready for to the beach. My Guy surprised with a beautiful necklace. I had to support Ohio with my green Ohio shirt. The drive to the beach wasn't too bad, just around an hour from Tampa to Clearwater. The view from the parking garage was amazing, made me feel like I was on vacation. We spent the day laying on the beach and having lunch together. Saturday night, not pictured here but read here all about it, was amazing. We had dinner at Bern's Steakhouse and let me tell you that was an experience.
Sunday - Was a day or relaxation. We said goodbye to his sister and her family because they went on a cruise. Then we enjoyed some coffee on the couch together before making our way to St.Petersburg for the day. Of course I had to take some selfies on the way :)
We found one of the coolest rooftop restaurants, The Canopy at the Birchwood Hotel. We enjoyed the beautiful view, the amazing weather, the great food and the cold drinks. After the rooftop restaurant we went to get dessert and I finally was able to try those amazing macaroons, talk about mouthwatering. We finished our Sunday with some green beer before heading to the airport.
We had one of the best weekends together. We really enjoyed our time together and made new memories.
Have you ever been in a long distance relationship?
Do you ever travel to see your significant other?
Have you been to any of the places above?
How do you enjoy flying?
What a great way to spend the weekend !! Love all the photos :) The only question I have an answer for is the last one...I am terrified of it. I've been on a plane twice in my teenage years and seriously a few years ago I became so scared and no clue why. It is a fear I hate having and am working on getting over because I do want to fly :)
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Thanks! That's so strange that now you are scared to fly. I love having a window seat so I can look outside during take off and landing. Do you normally drive places then?
DeleteOh I am so jealous of your beach time. I need sunshine and the ocean in my life asap!!
ReplyDeleteIt was so nice to get away from this terrible weather! I loved wearing shorts, and actually sweating. There was no better feeling than walking around and sweating...I know that sounds strange.
DeleteSo fun! I'm glad you got to have such a good time!
ReplyDeleteThank Rachael, we had a blast. We really needed it.
DeleteLooks like an amazing time! I am SO craving sunshine...living in the northern part of the country, real spring can't come soon enough. Anyway, I was in a long distance relationship for 2 solid years but we called it being "temporarily displaced" from one another. :]
ReplyDeleteOh I love that "temporarily displaced"!! Did one of you make the move for the other person? Or what happened to end your long distance relationship?
DeleteThis sounds perfect! All of it! Glad you guys got to have such a fun weekend doing just what YOU wanted.
ReplyDeleteThanks!! It's always hard to plan weekends for us to only do things that we want to do. Usually whenever he comes here, our weekends are always planned by other peoples' plans.
DeleteAll I ever want to do is have alone time with my guy! :) This is a perfect weekend! Awesome that you had a chance to throw on a bathing suit! 5 Calories!? That should be illegal! lol
ReplyDeleteHonestly I would have just loved laying on the couch all day with him. But going to the beach, Bern's for dinner and St. Pete on Sunday was just amazing. Can you believe 5 calories!? And it tasted soooo good.
DeleteMy boyfriend and I once spent 4 months apart while I was in Australia. That was really tough. Thanks to Skype it worked out.
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Australia!? Lucky girl! We FaceTime often and we are always texting or talking on the phone.
DeleteLooks like a great weekend was had! Long distance is hard, but definitely is so fun when you get to see each other!
ReplyDeleteYes, we try to plan fun things for us to do when we are together. But at times it would be nice to not do anything just relax together.
DeleteWow! Tampa looks beautiful! I'm glad you had a lovely trip with your man. :) I'll have to try that Skinny Girl drink. My boyfriend and I did long distance when he graduated and had to move back home until he found a job back in my hometown. He visited very often only because he was only 3 hours away.
ReplyDeleteTampa is nice but the summers are so incredibly hot. I hope you try it soon, it's amazing! You'll have to come back and let me know what you think about it.
DeleteWow looks like you did have an amazing weekend! I have so been there and had that nervous feeling in a long distance rel of whether the feelings would still be there. Honestly long dist. rel. are hard but do work if both commit to it. So where are you, I see your flew to tampa?
ReplyDeleteI am back in Cleveland now. He is coming here for Easter and then I am planning on going to visit in May and then in June probably going to Romanian, so we will be seeing each other every month :)
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