Nashville - 9th to 11th
I took off half a day from work. Me, mom, Chelsea and Terry started our journey to Nashville to see/meet Bryan White. For mom and I it was another time meeting him. It was Chelsea's second time, and Terry's first time. I drove to Cincinnati and I let Terry drive through KY, since I don't like driving through KY at night - bad experiences. We made good time and had an uneventful trip in KY. We stopped for ice cream at at roadside rest and ate some sandwhiches. I remember this gi in a car kept driving around the place over and over again. it was odd.
So, after some rests and driving, we made it to Nashville about 6 am. We finally found a spot to park and walked back to the Global Cafe. It was hot out (well for some, I was ok) Mom, got hot and had to stand inside the door for a while. We didn't get inside until around 9:10 or so. This year we had assigned tables, instead of first come first serve seating, which I was not pleased with at all. I got better video than pictures, but some came out when I moved up closer for pics. Chelsea took some too. I got the limited edition cd he had for sale there. Great new songs!
After the concert (it was a great one) we got our pics with him and had him sign things. From there, we left Nashville, and started towards Memphis. We found a Sonic Drive Inn on the way and stopped there. YUMMMMMY. We even took pics of it and sent them to Kim. lol. So we made it to Memphis and had no problem finding our hotel. The place was really nice. Chelsea and I went on a trek for ice. The one our our floor was broken so we went searching. We ordered pizza and watched Old School. The next morning we went to Graceland. The roads around graceland reminded me of driving around the airport in Las Vegas. Anyways, we made it to Graceland, got our tickets and got in line for the shuttle across the street. So, there we are standing in line, and my cell rings. Guess who. Jason. He has this nack of calling me when I've been at a Elvis impersonator show, and now when I've been at Graceland. He couldn't believe where I was. I hadn't told him about being out of town. He hadn't called in a while and I didnt see the need to tell him when I did talk to him. He doesn't tell me everything so why should I. :) Anyhoo, he told me that Bryan was gay, and that I was only allowed to like manly men, like Orlando Bloom. He said to have a good time and we'd talk later. So, that conversation pretty much made my day.
Moving on. We got to Graceland and made our rounds. Mom had some headphone issues, but that got resolved. I made sure that Chelsea took some pics but not too many in one place. The bst place in the tour is the graves and pool area. Mom teared up and it was touching to see the hallowed ground, in my opinion anyways. After Graceland we headed back home and, well this technically happended on June 11. It was about 4 am in the morning and we were on 23 North. We come over a hill, and POOF.. There is a Deer. I saw it in enough time to get in the other lane, only he followed me into the other lane, so i went back to the other lane (there was no other car in sight either north or south) so when i got back into the right lane, I stopped the jeep dead. I thought it was over and then BAMMMMM the deer comes back out from the side and runs into the jeep. Everyone was screaming. My sis was on the phone trying to get someone at mom's house to let them know we were almost home. She hit her knee on the back of the console. Mom had to finally shake me to get me to stop screaming. The deer got up and ran back across 23 south. I pulled into a gas station and looked at the damage. I was sooo pissed. It cracked the grill and broke some pieces inside the grill. Had I been in the grandam it would have came thru the windshield for sure. So we went in the station and cleaned up, finally got hold of dad and told him what happened. After about a half hour we started back home. I dropped my sister off and then Chelsea, and then went to mom's house. Dad followed me back home to my apartment. I was still shaken up pretty bad. So now I have to get the jeep fixed and put in a claim, and come up with a deductible I don't have. UGGH STRESS!!
So, after some rests and driving, we made it to Nashville about 6 am. We finally found a spot to park and walked back to the Global Cafe. It was hot out (well for some, I was ok) Mom, got hot and had to stand inside the door for a while. We didn't get inside until around 9:10 or so. This year we had assigned tables, instead of first come first serve seating, which I was not pleased with at all. I got better video than pictures, but some came out when I moved up closer for pics. Chelsea took some too. I got the limited edition cd he had for sale there. Great new songs!
After the concert (it was a great one) we got our pics with him and had him sign things. From there, we left Nashville, and started towards Memphis. We found a Sonic Drive Inn on the way and stopped there. YUMMMMMY. We even took pics of it and sent them to Kim. lol. So we made it to Memphis and had no problem finding our hotel. The place was really nice. Chelsea and I went on a trek for ice. The one our our floor was broken so we went searching. We ordered pizza and watched Old School. The next morning we went to Graceland. The roads around graceland reminded me of driving around the airport in Las Vegas. Anyways, we made it to Graceland, got our tickets and got in line for the shuttle across the street. So, there we are standing in line, and my cell rings. Guess who. Jason. He has this nack of calling me when I've been at a Elvis impersonator show, and now when I've been at Graceland. He couldn't believe where I was. I hadn't told him about being out of town. He hadn't called in a while and I didnt see the need to tell him when I did talk to him. He doesn't tell me everything so why should I. :) Anyhoo, he told me that Bryan was gay, and that I was only allowed to like manly men, like Orlando Bloom. He said to have a good time and we'd talk later. So, that conversation pretty much made my day.
Moving on. We got to Graceland and made our rounds. Mom had some headphone issues, but that got resolved. I made sure that Chelsea took some pics but not too many in one place. The bst place in the tour is the graves and pool area. Mom teared up and it was touching to see the hallowed ground, in my opinion anyways. After Graceland we headed back home and, well this technically happended on June 11. It was about 4 am in the morning and we were on 23 North. We come over a hill, and POOF.. There is a Deer. I saw it in enough time to get in the other lane, only he followed me into the other lane, so i went back to the other lane (there was no other car in sight either north or south) so when i got back into the right lane, I stopped the jeep dead. I thought it was over and then BAMMMMM the deer comes back out from the side and runs into the jeep. Everyone was screaming. My sis was on the phone trying to get someone at mom's house to let them know we were almost home. She hit her knee on the back of the console. Mom had to finally shake me to get me to stop screaming. The deer got up and ran back across 23 south. I pulled into a gas station and looked at the damage. I was sooo pissed. It cracked the grill and broke some pieces inside the grill. Had I been in the grandam it would have came thru the windshield for sure. So we went in the station and cleaned up, finally got hold of dad and told him what happened. After about a half hour we started back home. I dropped my sister off and then Chelsea, and then went to mom's house. Dad followed me back home to my apartment. I was still shaken up pretty bad. So now I have to get the jeep fixed and put in a claim, and come up with a deductible I don't have. UGGH STRESS!!