March 11 - 12

The girls wanted me to catch the 6am flight to Nashville.  Agh, I couldn’t do it.  Getting back from a 4 day trip is exhausting enough, but add on the late nights… I was beat.  I planned to catch the SouthWest 10:55 flight instead. 

Well, I woke up at 10:15.  Whoops.

Juli flew over on a red eye from California to Boston, met Nicole and they both took the 7:30am flight from Boston to Nashville.  Super hardcore if you ask me.  The next flight available for me wasn’t till almost 2.  I have no idea why no one flies over the lunch hour, but they don’t.  I got in around 4 and met the girls at the bar.  Listening to music at all of the bars was amazing.  They even had live music in the airport.  We had some drinks at the bar and then went back to the hotel to get ready for the evening.  All of the artists are so talented, I have no idea how some make it big and others don’t. 

On Wednesday, we eventually made it downtown for lunch and were the only people sitting in a bar called Swinging Door.  It was fun because we got personal attention from the singers, who were great.

I had my first bloody mary.  I still couldn’t choke it down.  I’m determined to learn to like them.

The girls decided to stay another night, but I really wanted to see Justin again, so I flew home late in the evening. 

When I called to list myself for the 8:30 SouthWest flight, they told me there were only 2 seats available (this was an hour before the flight).  I pay $25 for a taxi to the airport, show up to the gate and find out it’s overbooked by 3 seats!  I was really stressed that I wasn’t going to make it home.  Another winter storm was coming through the North East so several SW flights were cancelled, so the airport was hectic and I had to wait until the plane was completely boarded to find out if I was going to get a seat.  I was preparing myself to sleep in the airport because I’d already paid $50 in taxi fees on this trip, I could not afford to spend any more.  Fortunately, I made it on board at the last minute and was extremely happy to be on board.

Note for future travel:  make sure the hotel has easy transportation to and from the airport or rent a car.