Weekend in California

I am back from my weekend in California...what did I learn? I don't like LA. I'm sure I wasn't in the "cool/fun" part of town, but i couldn't even see that part of town from where I was. However an amazing show by the Avett Brothers more than made up for anything bad that happened on my trip! This band over the past year has become a big part of my life, their music in a way narrating my life. It is always special for me to see bands like that live and feel the energy that they put out and realize again how much i love their music. I also feel that southern connection with this band, they are from Concord, NC and you can feel/hear their southern influence in their music. It was funny for me to see all these LA types dancin along to good ol southern bluegrass! I suggest everyone checks out their music, it is hard to not find a song that speaks to you somehow. 

On to the next month or so, I will be working this week and the day after I get out, wed, I will be getting on a plane to New Hampshire for the wedding of my two friends from work Clay and Jess. I will spend 4 days in NH and then fly home Sept 20 and my flight gets in at 11 and I will hurry to the stadium and catch the Titans home opener! Dad doesn't know so it will be cool hopefully for him to look up in the stands and see me there not expecting it! So TN readers keep it a secret! I will spend a few days at home, going to my own dentist(this gets me very happy!) and maybe going to see the Avett Brothers again in Oxford, Ms. Then I head to Knoxville to see two of my best college friends get married! Cassey and Dylan were two of my first friends at MTSU and we were all on a trip on the Smokies when they started dating, I remember her coming back to our cabin and telling me about their first "mini-date" so it will be a lot of fun to celebrate their wedding and see some college friends! They are also my Western buddies. They have been out west a little longer than I have, living in Idaho, Joshua Tree, and now Death Valley. We all 3 realize how nice it is to have a home connection out here. Then I will head back home for a week and I FINALLY GET TO BE HOME FOR A FAMILY BIRTHDAY!!! I will be home for Brady's birthday! I am almost beside myself, I have been in the field for sOOO many birthdays and for someone like myself who always likes to celebrate birthdays with family it has been beyond difficult, so i'm glad I get to hopefully share the day with Brady! I head back to Utah Oct. 3rd. I am so looking forward to some time in Tn- it is desperatley needed these days, I haven't spend much time in Tn since my birthday. 

I think sometimes my body/soul knows when I have been away for so long and just craves it. And thanks to football season I will be spending many Fall weekends in Tn this year!!