Scenery pics for MM.

The Indian Mounds

The Old Trace where merchants who floated down the Mississippi to sell their goods in Natchez, MS, would walk home back to Nashville, TN.

The grave markers of a few unknown Confederate soldiers.

A waterfall where the water tasted great!! Naturally filtered running over the slate.

An overlook at one of the stops.

The Ride...

Now it is my turn to post pictures from the Natchez Trace ride!!

Equipment check after first hittin' the road and consulting the TomTom on where we should stay the night.

Dr. Who at one of the Indian Mounds historical stops on the Trace.

Little Red is ready to go!

Aww!! Ain't they cute?! If you can read Nate's shirt, it's funny.

Nate paying his repsects at the gravesite of an unknown Confederate soldier.


I taught Dr. Who how to ride my motorcycle!!

Democracy?

Mentsh has something to say, folks. Go check her out.

Too perfect!

While this may not be my dog, Titan, it sure fits him! Same breed even!

Titans!!

So I went to my very first Titans game yesterday. Nate took me. It was awesome. Julie let me borrow her light pink Titans jersey, and I wore a light purple bandanna. I was totally dressed the part. hehe.

Isn't that just like a girl? I go to an awesome game and the first thing I think about is what I wore. teehee! Being from a family of women, I don't know much about football. Mom taught me the very basic rules of the game when I would go to Mentsh and Dr. Who's games while they were in the band in high school. Well, on the drive to the game, Nate gave me the low-down on a couple of standard Titan plays, and it was fun to try to watch something besides just who has the ball.

Anyway, aside from the sunburn, it was awesome! I had a blast. Thanks Nate and Dr. Who!

Should I or shouldn't I?

Some guys at work are puttin' together a skydiving trip. One of them does it all the time and wants to expose others to it. He invited me today when he saw me riding my motorcycle, and figured I had the personality for it.

Would y'all jump out of a plane? Do you think I would enjoy it?

Graceland.

So I went to the King's mansion. It was interesting. Pretty much just a shrine. I think I enjoyed the company the most. I spent the day with a handsome little boy attached to me, holding my hand. He was a lot of fun to hang out with.

Also THOROUGHLY enjoyed the barbeque chicken pizza at the Memphis Pizza Cafe. The service was lacking, but the pizza made up for it.

I also really enjoyed the conversation time on the ride there and back. I went with my best friend and her family and it had been a year since I had seen her, so it was really good to have that time to catch up.

Anyway, if ya ever happen to be in Memphis, Graceland is a fun thing to do, though I wouldn't make a trip specifically for that.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Jessie!! I can hardly believe you are already SIX years old!!! I love you, darlin', and I'm so glad I was able to be there with you to celebrate the big day!

Oh, and you did a wonderful job at your recital!

Happy Birthday!

Shout out to my girl, Melbelle!! Happy Birthday! We're not 30 yet!!!

My return home.

I may have never lived in Nashville before, but it sure does feel like home. Being back in Tennessee has provided a weird sensation of newness and return to home. It has been a long while since I've felt that feeling of being at home. Now don't get me wrong, I love North Georgia and the life I had there, but it didn't feel like this.

I just wanted everyone to know that I'm happy and lovin' life here. I'm developing new friendships and reconnecting with old ones. Life is good.

Apparently I chose the wrong job...

According to this article, I should've become a research scientist in Antarctica.

Antarctica: Winter’s favorite destination

Thanks

I had the most excellent weekend. The one exception was being called in to work on Saturday. But that only lasted a couple hours.

To all those who helped make my weekend awesome....thanks. You were great. ;)

Update of sorts.

Things are going really well. I am so happy to be here. Titan is adjusting to being alone all day again, and he seems to be taking it well. He's found a happy spot in his kennel right up by two windows, and sometimes I practically have to drag him out of his happy spot.

I'm really diggin' this gettin' to hang out with the Family C whenever we want. It's NORMAL now! It's not some special occasion that took a lot of doin' to make happen.

I really enjoy my coworkers. They are all very helpful, and I look forward most days being with them. We crack jokes and comiserate when we have the fire alarm go off three times in a timespan of about 3 hours. It's awesome.

I really feel like I am starting to settle in here. It's great. That's all for now.

Red letter day coming up

Whisky Girl graduates to being Dr. Whisky Girl on Thursday and Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her hooding ceremony is on Thursday and her graduation is on Friday. It's been a rough week for her though, having her wisdom teeth removed, but she's a strong girl, and is doing okay from what I hear.

All in the family are excited beyond belief for you, Dr. WG. We love you and are very proud of you. I'm excited about this weekend in celebration of you and your hard work and determination.

My new job!

I am LOVING my new job! It's a great team. Everyone helps everyone else, we constantly have fun, and they give me free Mountain Dew...what more could I ask for?!??!

Today was my first day answering phones with no help. Up until today I've been doing some behind-the-scenes type stuff, like sortin' emails. This has really been a great job for me and a perfect fit. They guys and girl are totally great people and have me looking forward to the next day to see what they will have me laughing at next.

I also got my apartment today. My mom and WG are driving up all my stuff tomorrow after loading it all up...don't have a great family that would do all that for me?!?! THEY ROCK!

I just scheduled to have my cable installed in a week, which means I will be without internet for a week, and I will miss the next new episode of Lost!! Being without internet doesn't bother me as much...after sittin' in front of a computer all day, I'm not anxious to go home and do it more.

Y'all be good! or don't...just have fun!

Happy Birthday!

Today is my nephew, Eli's, THIRD BIRTHDAY!! It is hard to imagine that he is already that old! He's growing up so fast! I remember I was in Colombia when Dr. Who told me she was pregnant with this little tike, and I've never regretted leaving South America so I could be a part of the lives of the following generation who keep nipping at my heels!

Happy Birthday, Eli! I love you! I hope you had a good one!

MY BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!

I'm moving!!! I accepted a job in NASHVILLE, more specifically in Brentwood. I start in a week, and I'm very excited. I'll be working in the HelpDesk, which is exactly what I want to do, so save your "I'm sorry"s for someone else.

I've yet to find a place to live, be it an apartment or a house. This has proven to be more difficult than I expected, so in the meantime I will be bunking at Dr. Who and Nate's place. That is a bit of a commute, to say the least, so I will be motivated to remedy this soon.

Anyway, this is the big change going on right now. I was planning on moving with WhiskyGirl to Pennsylvania for her residency, but Dr. Who jumped at the opportunity of my finally being willing to move and found me a job near her. This is a great opportunity and is a really good fit for what I want. Even WG admitted I'd be crazy to pass this up, so I moved on it with her blessings.

Change

Ok, folks,

Lots of change happening around me, and as soon as decisions are made, I'll clue y'all in. Too much to do to prepare right now for anything more to say.

Look what I did!

Ugh

Food poisoning sucks.