I’m back! Back from Nashville and the CMA Festival. I’m a bit tired and back with a cold. It was the first year where rain was forecast every single day. Our first night at the big stadium was a washout so my daughter and I only lasted through the first two artists on the line-up. Our ponchos were thin and we got wet, our shoes were soaked, and we could not continue to sit & stand for two to three more hours. I was sorry to miss seeing the Brothers Osborne – but we know we will go see them again when they come back around the Carolinas.
The rain stayed away the following three nights, but we had some showers off and on during the day. We were able to stay busy, and mostly dry, with a tour of Franklin County and celebrity homes, with inside Expo Center events and concerts, and stopping in to the lower Broadway honky tonks. But, the honky tonks were all very crowded due to the rain, and also because there were lots of pop-up artists in the clubs.
Despite the rain and the crowds, we certainly still got to see many performances. We still had some fun surprise moments! That’s one thing about every year at the CMA Fest. You just never know who you might run into, or if you get an offer you didn’t expect. This year we got to go see Dierks Bentley ‘up close and personal’ at a small venue when our tour company (who I use each year to buy the festival packages) put out a message on social media about 2 hours before that they had 2 tickets up for grabs…the first person to respond got them. I was first!! Yay!!!
Here’s the thing about the CMA Fest: you can never do it all! I always come back loving what I was able to see – but I also come home sad about what I missed. Crazy! Right? And now on social media I see from others lots of posts of their pictures and what they got to do. I’m happy for them… but – gee… look what I missed?! Ha. At the Fest you really just have to be at the right place at the right time sometimes. There is just so much going on!!
Anyway, back home – and back to real life. I’m working on kicking this cold and getting ready for the rest of the week… and month. VBS is coming up and I’m looking forward to helping with it again. I will be off to Charlotte at the end of the month to see Tim McGraw and Jon Meachen on their book tour. It looks like a really cool discussion on patriotic music through American history with Tim performing some during it. The two have been popping up on morning and late night TV right now, promoting the book because it just came out.
And of course, I can’t go too long without seeing the grandboys. 19 months old now – and what a CUTE CUTE CUTE stage they are in! So, I’ve definitely got to get a Mimi fix soon.
Update on the riva project: The master ‘suite’ is framed, and roofed, and the electric is going in now. It’s coming along nicely. It is Phase 1 of a three phase project. Construction will be going on for awhile. I try not to think about that though right now….
This weekend is Father’s Day – and also my younger daughter’s 31st birthday. Huh? How can that be?! As Tracey Lawrence sings: ‘Time marches on.’ I can think of a bunch of country songs about it… ‘don’t blink,’ ‘my next thirty years,’ ‘ you’re gonna miss this,’ and ‘there goes my life,’ It was great to spend the Nashville time with her this year. I’m really happy that both my daughters love the music and like to share the time together! Special moments!
So, here’s to the great month of June – and to the celebrations of the month! Here’s to what is to come later this week – and the rest of the days of June! Here’s to hot weather, and that summer feel. Here’s to long light evenings, and some boat rides. Here’s to children playing, and to young adults that keep me feeling young! Here’s to a time of year where cranking music in the car and outside is a must!
Enjoy June!! I’ll see you back here soon.
Marla’s Musings 