Viva Nashvegas!

I just got back from a fantastic weekend in Nashville, my home away from home. It's been nine months since I have stepped on Tennessee soil, and it was good to go back. I didn't realize how much I missed that place until after I left on Monday. Everytime I visit up there I always feel rushed. There is so much to see, do and people to see while I am there. I got to see a lot of my old college friends and catch up with what they are doing now. It was also good to spend some time with Aynsley and Paige. It's so strange to be back down here after I started us all off up there. I've come back home while my two younger sisters are living it up in Nashville. Never thought that would have happened. Anyway, while I was there I went to Green Hills Mall where I used to work for 4+ years. Now, it's always been the ritzy mall in the area, but I was amazed at all the hoity-toity shops they have put in there (i.e. Tiffany, Louis Vuitton, L'Occitane, BCBG, etc.) It's like a completely different place. We just don't get that stuff around here in Auburn, AL. Which makes me miss all the shopping that is available up there (not that I can afford ANY of those stores previously mentioned). While I had a good time seeing old hangouts, I came to the realization that even if I were to move back there, my life wouldn't go back to the way it was before I left. I grew up a lot in Nashville and learned a lot of things while I was there, but I have learned even more coming back to a small town like this. My horizons have been expanded more down here than in the big city. Don't get me wrong--I fully plan on moving back up there (if that's where God takes me), and I still love that city so much. I think it's more of knowing that it's time for me to really grow up, get a big-girl job, settle down and basically become an adult. Weird what one little weekend will teach you about yourself. Who knows where life will take me in the next year, but I hope God will take me back to Nashville to start a whole new life.