Happy February + welcome to another Ultimate Coffee Date! I just came back from Thailand on Sunday and feel like I’ve had a super whirlwind week at work (I stayed til 9pm on Wednesday :’) + will be leaving tomorrow for a weekend conference, so life has been a tad hectic, hehe.
Ultimate Coffee Date: February 2026
I had a whirlwind day in Bangkok eating street food all over the city with my brother + we headed off to Phuket the following day. 
On land, we mostly ate, walked on the beach, and checked out different shops + got massages.
Phuket-style Pad Thai!
Liveaboard life was basically wake up, eat a snack, dive, eat breakfast, dive, eat lunch + take a nap, dive, eat a snack + take another nap, dive, eat dinner, and sleeping again (+ in my case, reading a bunch of books)! 
I spent the first night sleeping on the sundeck under the stars being gently rocked to sleep, which sounds glorious until I woke up to being violently seasick the day (+ a half) afterward.
The sunsets + sunrises were beautiful though! <3
Is this not the cutest hermit crab you’ve ever seen!?
Prior to this, I’d never dived in warm water, and now that I have, I’m not sure I can ever go back! It was so nice not to have to wrestle myself into a 7mm wetsuit + wear a thick hood/gloves (honestly that was a workout all on its own, haha). I got to see so many different types of fish + also sharks, turtles, octopi, crabs, and stingrays! One of these days, I’ll get around to updating my instagram, but here’s one of the fishies + nudibranch we saw! 
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(Link-up with Coco @ Running with Perseverance & Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner! Also linking up with My First 5K and More, Running With Attitude, Run Laugh Eat Pie, and Runs with Pugs for Fit Five Friday.)
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- Have you ever been to Thailand? Do you have any upcoming travel plans?
- What’s your favorite dessert (and/or Thai dish?!)?
- I put together my fitness goals for the year. What are yours?
- I moved the My Month Is Booked linkup back to the first Monday of each month! (Don’t mind me, just can’t make my mind up…) It feels like it makes more sense because then I (+ everyone else doing reading round-ups) can add all the books they read in the month to their post, so I will try to stick to this!
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What a fun trip! Looks like you kept quite busy & active :-)
It was glorious!! :D I’m usually way more active when I’m on vacation!
Wow what an adventure!! Looks like you had a fabulous trip. Would love to see and hear more. Have not been yet but its on my lsit
It was glorious! :D I will hopefully write more about it sometime in the next couple months, hehe. I hope you get to go sometime! :]
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Your trip to Thailand sounds amazing! How cool that you got to scuba dive in warm water for the first time while there, but I’m so sorry that you got seasick and had a couple of rough days. My aunt’s family lived in Thailand for a couple of years in the early 70’s and this year one of my cousins went back to visit again with his family. They had a wonderful time!
To answer your questions: We’re traveling now – spending a little over two weeks in Florida. Our summer trip will be to go to the Pacific Northwest. I don’t care for Thai food, but my husband loves it! My 2026 fitness goals are to continue doing what I do while maintaining my current fitness level.
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Thank you! That’s awesome that they lived there for a few years! I’d want to too, but alas, hehe.
I love the Pacific Northwest! <3 I hope you have a ton of fun! I hope you're enjoying Florida + best of luck to you on your fitness goals too! :]
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Oh my goodness! What an incredible adventure!
I’m so sorry you got sick but it looks like you really made the most of it!
Thai food isn’t my favorite, but I’ll try pretty much anything! In fact, I have a yelp event at a thai restaurant next week, and I plan to go with their recommendations!
Thank you so much for sharing! Can ‘t wait to see where you go next!
Aside from that day and a half, the rest of the trip was glorious! (+ what I remember of those 1.5 days were still nice! Just not as pleasant as they could’ve been, hehe.)
Ooo, I need to look into what yelp events are coming up this year! :D It’s been a while since I’ve popped into one!
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Wow! Looks like a spectacular trip — minus the sea sickness. Glad you got over that.
The underwater scenery is stunning.
I love mango with sticky rice!
It was a lot of fun! I’m definitely super glad to be done with the seasickness too, hehe.
It’s the besttt! I wish it wasn’t so expensive here!
What an incredible trip, I love your photos, especially the first one of you on your dive. I’m sorry you got seasick, but hopefully that didn’t outweigh all the fun you were able to have!
Thank you! I’ve never had any photos of me diving so that was extra exciting, hehe. Thankfully the pluses of the trip greatly, greatly outweighed the seasickness! :]
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Wow what an amazing trip! I haven’t been but would love to see Thailand.
Ahh, I hope you get to go sometime! <3 It's so beautiful there!
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What an cool trip! Sorry to hear you were sick for some of it.
I have never been to Thailand. The only travel plans I have this year are a few trips back to visit my family (where I grew up).
My favorite dessert are Italian pastries especially a Napoleon. I also love ice cream, cupcakes, and cookies. I’m a sweets and carbs girl but I love veggies and fruits too.
I have a health goal to lose weight but because I have chronic hip and pain back, my movement/fitness is extremely limited.
I’m so glad the link up is on the first of the month! :)
Is your IG public? I would love to follow you on there.
I hope you have fun when you go back! :]
Oo, Italian pastries…I have a soft spot for cannolis! (Have not had one in a while, but <3. I love carbs too, but do love veggies/fruits as well, although I do need to do better about actually incorporating enough of em' in my regular day.)
I'm sorry to hear on the chronic pain; that definitely makes things more difficult, but I hope your health goal still goes well. <3
Thanks for actually giving me feedback on the timing of it! I'm not sure why changing it made sense to me late last year but whatever reasoning I had is a goner at this point, hehe.
My IG is public at over at fairyburger! I post a lot more sporadically than I used to, but would love to connect there too! :]
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I also added you on my Goodreads account and it says pending on your end. Also, I’m sorry that I made my reply a new comment.
Yes, Italian pastries are so good. They are hard to get where I live so when I go back to visit my family, I always try to get a Napoleon or two while I’m there.
Thank you. I’m down 17 lbs. so far and hoping to continue to improve. For not being able to do any movement, I’m proud of where I’m at so far.
Of course, anytime!
I’m going to follow you on IG now. I’m amyraeplans5 on there.
This is a wildly belated response but yay, thank you! I’ve added you back on both! :]
It’s always so much easier to gain than lose, so that’s absolutely awesome progress! <3
Yes, Italian pastries are so good. They are hard to get where I live so when I go back to visit my family, I always try to get a Napoleon or two while I’m there.
Thank you. I’m down 17 lbs. so far and hoping to continue to improve. For not being able to do any movement, I’m proud of where I’m at so far.
Of course, anytime!
I’m going to follow you on IG now. I’m amyraeplans5 on there.