Another anniversary in Nashville, and a city quickly becoming our favorite. This time we had two nights booked at the Opryland Hotel, tickets for the Grand Ole Opry, and plans to see Pitch Perfect 2. What could go wrong? A little of everything for "Old Lady Junkin". Our first stop was supper at Macaroni Grill where we got WAY TOO much food. I did not order well. Magan was already starting to feel ill and after dinner about couldn't make it to the movie. But we made it in the theater and got to our show where we found out they just let out the last show and had to clean up before letting us in. Magan just fell to the floor for some rest. And we also wanted to show that no kids with us, but our Disney bag is as big as it is with the kids...Pitch Perfect 2 was so acca-awesome, we laughed and laughed.
The next morning began with Magan, fever, swollen neck, feeling miserable. Luckily there is an urgent care at the hotel where a Vanderbilt doctor was able to see Magan and immediately prescribe a bunch of medicine to add to her current supply of prescriptions. But thankfully as the day went on, and she was able to rest for awhile, she starting feeling better. I took a trip to the Spa to enjoy my rest there...experiencing stuff this country boy knows nothing about...sauna, steamroom...shower shoes. After a nap, we enjoyed a slightly disappointing Mexican dinner in the hotel as we were expecting to get the great cheese dip we had had about 4 years ago. But it was not the same.
The OPRY show was great. We saw Jamey Johnson, Lorrie Morgan, Chris Janson, Mike Snider (funniest guy on the opry), Riders in the Sky, The Whites, and Exile ("I want to kiss you all over"...yeah, those guys, what were they doing here?). Our clear favorite was new star Chris Janson. He was great, sang "Buy me a Boat", then closed out his performance with a great version of Hank Sr's "Still in Love with You". As they told us that night at the OPRY, "He is the one to watch". Great Performer!
Did I mention we were on the 2nd row? Boo Yah, love these seats, this was two rows closer than the last time we were here, and great for pictures. I walked up in front of Lorrie Morgan, and she waved to me right before I took a picture of her singing "Lady in Red". Look at the heels on her...and Jamey's guitar was really cool, looked like he had all sorts of signatures on it...like Willie's guitar "Trigger". I was also greatly pleased to hear Jamey sing "Give it Away", that he wrote, and George Strait made famous.
Our wonderful vacation though finally came to an end, we left our balcony overlooking a waterfall, packed up, and headed out to church with plenty of time...then realized we forgot Magan's pillow. We are the most forgetful people in the world...but we got it and made it...then came home to pick up the kids.
