A recap of 09

Welcoming 2010

Old Crow Medicine Show.

It was wonderful. I left work early on New Year's Eve, picked up Craig, and quickly we went to Nashville.

The four hour drive was quick. I love riding in a car with Craig. Time flies by. We went through chapters 7 and 8 in our "Ten Conversations You Must Have Before You Get Married" book. Those were two of the lamest chapters in my opinion. Labor (division of chores) and Leisure. Leisure is at least fun to talk about. But neither chapter is one bringing out deep or contentious issues.

Anyways, we arrived early for the Old Crow concert, and went ahead on into the Ryman Auditorium. This was my first time going to the Ryman. It was AWESOME. I loved the venue. It used to be an old church, so the acoustics are fantastic. We were worried about our seats. We purchased them late October, and got some of the last seats available. But the side balcony was great -- much closer and much more visibility than I've had in other venues with relatively good seats. After the opener, Old Crow played 3 hours. Wagon Wheel was a great song to welcome 2010 :-)

After the show, we went around downtown Nashville for a bit. Found my sister Jennifer and hung out with her a bit. Craig and I headed back to Murfreesboro and arrived after 3am -- for someone whose preferred bedtime is 9:30, I was surprised I survived!

The next morning, my sister Jessica, Craig, and I headed to my Uncle's lake house on Smith Lake to meet up with the rest of my family. We had "Christmas", ate good food, and relaxed for the rest of the weekend. I feel like this past three day weekend was more of a Christmas vacation than actual Christmas weekend. It was nice :-)