Update from South of the Mason Dixon Line

Seems to me I rarely update my blog… so I thought I would.

My life is pretty much same old. I go to work, and then I go home. I haven’t done much traveling for work lately, but that is likely to pick up again. I got the SIOP conference approved, so I get to go to that (and on the company’s dime which is phenomenal!). It is in April in Chicago. I am staying a bit longer than I need to so Kevin and Joy, we will have to see if we can meet up at some point for dinner or something.

This was before Christmas, so many of you may know this already, but I wanted to tell you that I am beginning to embrace the Country music down here. By no means do I like it! I can just tolerate it better now. Before Christmas I went to a Garth Brooks concert with my roomie Kate. It was actually a ton of fun, and I am glad I went. So who knows, maybe someday I will actually like it... doubt it though.

Kate and I have been able to continue our outings surrounding music even with the outdoor concerts being on hold until spring. A few weeks ago we went to hear a friend’s friend play and then John Carter Cash had a set too. (Johnny Cash and June Carter’s son). Then this last week we went to hear a Wisconsin native who moved to Nashville play. He’s got a lot of talent, it will be interesting to see if any of these small potatoes singer/songwriters actually make it. Keep in mind every third person you meet in Nashville is in the music industry, not everyone can make it.

This weekend is plump full of stuff to do. On Friday, Kate and I are going with some of her coworkers to a Joshua Radin Concert, then on Saturday we are going to the Red Wings @ Predators hockey game, and then Sunday is the SUPER BOWL!!! I am beyond excited for the super bowl to say the least.

Another “It’s cool to live in Nashville” story: Although I wasn’t sure at the time, a later google search confirmed that I saw a TN Titan in Walmart. He was just a practice squad guy, but I still thought it was pretty cool. He was a pretty big dude.

I went to the Packer game in Atlanta. It was an amazing experience. Especially since they won the game! There were a lot of Packer fans there, so I felt like a part of one big dysfunctional family. When Williams picked off Ryan at the end of the first half I was up by the concessions. When we heard the roar I went to go see what was going on and saw Williams running into the end zone. I was so excited I gave the girl next to me a huge hug…. I have no idea who she was, but it just seemed like the right thing to do.

That's about all that is going on around here. Oh except for I am fairly certain I will be able to make it to Camp Croix this year since I have more vacation time than I thought I would. Yay!