Nashville Week One
(Mid-Pandemic and post divorce, road trip across America, starting in California. Destination Nashville – success! Adventures traveling with the Rogue continues.)
Tuesday – June 1. 3 1/2 hour drive from Memphis to Nashville. Arrived at Hyatt House in Nashville. Central location, nice space.
Wednesday, June 2 Hotel gym. Whole Foods for some healthy choices. So many meetings here. So much to do.The Rogue and I have made it to the destination. He’s going to record. A singer/songwriter’s dream. But these close quarters on the road have taken their toll. Not sure where this is going.
Saturday – June 5 Time flying by in Nashville. A foreboding of the return road trip. Destination unknown after that. Confusion. Fear. Things are going fairly well, but who knows what the future holds? Today Rogue was looking at Edinburgh apartments for me. Potential next plan.We’ve been in every night. Watching “Friends”. Candles. Lounging. So comfortable.Talks of future adventures.
LATER Had a great day in 12 South neighborhood – Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James, Urban Grub, delicious oysters and chucuterrie. Ross, Walgreens, Whole Foods. Making plans. Then stupid blow up in apartment. Candles lit. But cold.
Next day: Until it wasn’t LOL. Woke up, cooked me breakfast, sang, went to gym together. So freaking compatible. He’s glad I’m coming to Edin he just said. I think we both don’t want this to end.
Nashville Week 2
Tuesday, June 8 Comfortable routine. Explored Music Row, hot and tired in humidity. Looked at Germantown too. On Sunday night we watched the Meryweather – Logan Paul boxing match. Had wine, snacks. Lots of fun actually.
Last night – Monday – Rogue and I agreed on extending to Dominican Republic Hard Rock for a week. Booked flights. Doing road trip back to Cali. Going to London, quarantining together. Going to Edin. He wants to get an apartment. Today he cooked a great breakfast, wrote songs all day while I went to get the car washed, Whole Foods, gym, wrote. He cooked a homemade chili. Now we’re going to watch a series in bed. So comforting.
June 10 Thursday. The whole Edin apartment thing… brought up living together vs. me alone. Brings up too many issues. Ugh. Let’s see if I get it. It’s gorgeous. Met with recording studios yesterday in E. Nashville. Exciting for both the Rogue and me. Still in a bit of a funk today. Sometimes inexplicable. Major life changes do have effects.
Saturday. Yesterday, watched Euro Cup at the Pub in Nashville. Day drinking. Fell asleep. Woke up at 11 pm LOL then watched “Breaking Bad” til 3:30 am. Drinks. Manifesting apartment in Edin. In bed watching Euro Cup. Horror of Danish player down. Thought he died. Horrible.
Truly don’t know what is happening. Thompson rooftop with a business connection. Don’t know what to do future wise. Want apartment in Scotland badly.
Sunday – June 13. Hot and humid. Walked for Mexican food. Too hot for anything. Sat in Johnny Cash bar/live music. Can’t get any writing done. Feeling reckless. Living for moment.
Nashville Week 3
Wednesday, June 16 Rogue working hard on music. Gym. Calls with my kids.
Scottish jerseys arrived. So cute! Off to Dolly Parton’s White Limozeen. — OR NOT. Needed reservations; darn.
Met a videographer catching footage of the Rogue. Followed them all over Broadway, Printers Alley, pedestrian bridge, bars, etc. getting footage. Then delicious bar dinner at Bob’s (the most amazing cooked carrot I’ve ever had!) Back at hotel, usual “Friends” marathon. Quiet night in.
Thursday June 17 More stressful intense day at recording studio. I’m feeling a bit awkward this time, only women with four men. What a strange journey.
Later – Long day recording; we both ended up in a hangry funk. Applebees. Got back on track. Made simple weekend plans and road trip talk. Couldn’t wait to get back to candles, mellow night and TV. Watched “Big Lebowski” in bed.
Monday, June 21 – Last morning in Nashville
Friday finished recording and watched Scotland – England Euro Cup match in our soccer jerseys. All good. Can’t remember what all happened after. I think that was my severe back pain. We went out looking for somewhere to eat. Ended up in the “picking circle” with too much wine. A big group of Texans. So much fun. Rogue sang, and the Texans were enthralled.
Saturday, day trip to Franklin. Juneteenth. Had fun walking around, a wholesome day.
Was all good until going to Bob’s steakhouse. We sat at bar with three Texan cowboys asking us questions about our “relationship”. Never good discussing this unconventional life. They rep a country singer, Cody Johnson. Interesting.
Next day, we both packed, did laundry. Rogue cooked breakfast. We went to Johnny Cash museum, then looked for somewhere to eat. Finally ended up at the Palm Bar. Another rich Texan asking us questions. Recipe for disaster.
Later – we went to the Diner for breakfast. Nashville was so great, but ending with us off. Fighting. Time for return trip on the long road back to California, and the questions of what’s next.
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