Boat for two, please

Sunday night we went to dinner at one of my favorite places, Rocco's Tacos, on Clematis Street in West Palm Beach. It is SO good! Then we went and sat at a nearby park and enjoyed the fact that we did not have to go to work on Monday. HA! :)

Monday morning I went to spend some alone time at my "happy place" (this is the exact location that I take myself to when someone says "find your happy place") which is the Starbucks at City Place in West Palm. Why is this my favorite place? 1. Happy memories. I've spent time here with some of my favorite people ever including my girls from my time at PBA and Jackson, of course. 2. Gorgeous surroundings. The palm trees lined up out front make my heart smile. 3. Fantastic drinks. I know some people think all drinks are the same; they're not. The drinks at this Starbucks taste better. 4. I've not been to a more wonderful place for people watching. It was nice to spend a couple of hours with an interesting book just soaking it all in. 

That afternoon Jackson and I rented a kayak for the first time. The photo above is from where we kayaked but obviously we aren't the people pictured. :) We were chugging right along with our paddles until Jackson told me that while there were no sharks in this shallow area (whew!) there might be alligators. It took me a good 10 minutes to calm my nerves. (We did not see a single gator. PTL!) Then I've found my zen again and a jumping fish comes out of the water and nearly into our kayak. I screamed at the top of my lungs. Naturally this was the exact moment that another kayak was passing us by and the other boat along with Jackson got a hardy laugh at my expense. :) Whatever. ;)

This was our view while kayaking. Did I mention that I loved kayaking in Florida? Ok. I'll move on then.

When our arms screamed for a break we headed over to the beach at the state park where we just kayaked.

Jackson went out too far- as always. One day he is going to get either sucked in by the undertow or get attacked by a shark, I swear. I cannot even watch him in the water because it stresses me out too much. Anyway, he made it out alive this time and we enjoyed an afternoon at the beach before the thunderstorms rolled in.

We spent our final evening in Palm Beach at the movies ("The Lucky One" was decent. It did not match the greatness of the book. The movies never do.), dined at the Cheesecake Factory (another favorite- yum!) and then parked by the ocean and listened to the waves crash mixed with the rain. It was one of the best date days ever. My Jackson is just to most beautiful, wonderful man. I enjoy my life with him more than I ever dreamed.