Can't Get it Together

Well, I am back from Nashville and I swear I feel like I've been gone for a week. Still haven't watched last week's Days so that means I'll probably be two weeks behind now. The picture above is of me and David standing next to this really big gee-tar on Broadway in downtown Nashville. I had a nice visit with him and miss being around him on a regular basis. It was really cold there this weekend and we 'bout froze our patooties off. Went in a few of the shops which included Ernest Tubb's Record Shop. Ate lunch at the famous Wildhorse Saloon and I had me a Wildhorse Cheeseburger. Saw the Tennessee Titans stadium and kinda yawned at that cause I'm totally not into football or any sports at that but it was still interesting to see.

After milling around downtown and driving past the capitol, David drove us over to Centennial Park where the Parthenon is. It is an exact replica of the one in the Athens, Greece hence the nickname "Athens of the South". Unfortunately, we didn't have time to go inside as David had a second interview to go to for one of the many jobs he's applied for (and guess what? he got it!). I told Jimmy (the Husband) that I would like us to go there on a visit so we can visit the places that David and I didn't get to and actually go inside the Parthenon cause there's a statue of Athena and the Nashville Art Museum is housed there as well. We also drove up Music Row (which is just the recording and publishing companies) and there's a statue at the top of the hill called The Muse which I took a picture of. It is very pretty and you have a really nice view of the downtown skyline. Of course, there's the other side of Nashville which includes the vagrants and the weirdos whom I saw plenty of. David drove me down "that side" of town (before dark of course) and after that little excursion, I said, "Well, I'm disappointed. That wasn't at all as exciting as you made it out to be." Maybe it was too cold and it kept them off the streets.

Saturday evening we went back downtown to eat dinner and ended up at Demo's Steak and Spaghetti House which was pretty good. I guess a whole lotta people thought the same thing cause the place was packed when we got there and we had to wait a good hour before we were seated. Our waiter was a guy named Matt and he was really nice and totally on top of everything. I got their speciality which was the spaghetti and I chose meat sauce. It was actually angel hair pasta and a large portion at that. They served these garlic rolls with the meal and they were nice and soft and goooood. David got the 6 oz steak and side of spaghetti aka angel hair.

Sunday was a much warmer day and David took me to this local burger joint called Fat Mo's. It was pretty good though the ambiance was less than stellar. David mentioned that he had only come through the drive-thru during his previous visits and now he didn't know if he'd be going back at all. Of course, David's like that. See one little bug . . . No, seriously there were no bugs there. The decor was just seriously lacking -- they certainly didn't care if the furniture was the cast offs from the previous establishment or that their main feature was sheet metal drilled to the wall instead of painting it or wallpaper.

I left that afternoon at 3:30 EST and made it back home in 4 hours. I am always glad to get home even if I've had a swell time. I hate unpacking though. I swear both packing and unpacking are torturous and this trip was the worst for me in packing. I forgot a total of 4 things and that's totally unlike me. The most I've ever forgotten is like ONE thing.

Well, hopefully I can get back on track in the next few days. Don't hold your breath though. I have a test tomorrow in visual basic that I have to study for tonight. This weekend I'm going to a friend's house pretty much all day Saturday.

Too many things to do. Too little time.