I have settled into a nice vacation routine – and can I comment that I love that I can now call visiting my parents “vacation.”

Wake up around 7 and make coffee, edit previous day’s photos for blog, make breakfast, write blog post, workout, beach, lunch, beach, shower and catch up on work emails, dinner, relax, dessert, bed.

This is nice!

My dad had to leave yesterday to drive to Georgia for work so we went out for breakfast before he hit the road.

There was no question on where to go…The Donut Hole! This is another of our favorite spots in Destin. It’s kind of like a diner that also serves an amazing spread of homemade donuts, pastries, cakes, pies and more.

I was taking pictures of the pastry case and donuts while we were waiting for a table and I spotted the chocolate peanut butter donut. It’s like my dream come true!

I attempted to keep it semi-healthy and ordered scrambled eggs, sliced tomatoes and cinnamon raisin toast but really all I could think about was the apple fritters.

And then my dad said, “let’s get an apple fritter to share for the table.” I enthusiastically nodded my head in agreement. Yes, please! LOVE HIM! It was everything I remembered and more.

Once we got back and proper digestion occurred, I knocked out a super quick workout. Here’s what I did.

1 mile run 

THEN
“Invisible Fran” for time
21-15-9 (reps)

Air Squats
Push Ups

1 mile run

REPEAT
“Invisible Fran” for time

The stats:  
Mile 1 – 8:40
Invisible Fran 1 – 2:20
Mile 2 – 8:05
Invisible Fran 2 – 2:05

Total workout time: 21:10  

This was a short workout but high on intensity. I’ve been trying to keep my vacation workouts around 30 minutes but maximize the work that’s done in those 30 minutes.

I beached for a couple of hours after my workout and then came in for a peanut butter, honey and banana, chips and watermelon. I think I ended up eating a quarter of a watermelon. So refreshing, especially at the beach.

My mom and I wanted to stay in for dinner last night so I cooked a recipe from Southern Living for Basil Peach Chicken Breasts. The only change I made to the original recipe was to add cherries since we had some in the fridge. I served the chicken over quinoa. This is a great savory peach recipe. The peach sauce is very flavorful with shallots, ginger, garlic and basil cooked with the peaches and some chicken broth.

While I made dinner, my mom put together a salad.

I convinced my mom to go on a little outing after dinner. Mini golf!

It was so much fun and we laughed the whole time. Especially when my mom teed off too aggressively and her ball ended up bouncing into the lagoon. This resulted in her having to backtrack eight holes to get a new ball. She spoke of having to cross other people’s greens and traversing rough terrain. I was almost in tears.

We cooled down after golf with ice cream. I had some Dulce de Leche and Cookies and Cream with chocolate sauce. I may go into ice cream withdrawals after this trip.

And a bite of chocolate peanut butter donut before bed (you know I had to bring one home).

I’m flying out tonight so I’m off to enjoy one last day on the beach. Happy Monday!