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I made it to Nashville with­out a sin­gle hic­cup. The flights were on time. I met a really neat lady on the plane. She was headed to Nashville to visit her child­hood best friend. They hadn’t seen each other in over 20 years and finally hooked up on Face­book. She inspired me to check up on my child­hood friend. Wouldn’t hurt!

I had no prob­lem find­ing the shut­tle and get­ting to the Opry­land Resort and Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. It is SO impres­sive. The first thing you notice is the jun­gle. A very beau­ti­ful Con­ser­va­tory area that is chalk full of palm trees, water­falls and other trop­i­cal plants and trees. It’s just gorgeous.

My first work­shop is this after­noon and I’m wish­ing I could’ve attended a few more work­shops. I will def­i­nitely save up a bit more to do that next year.

I haven’t had a chance to meet any new blog­gers yet, but it really doesn’t kick off until tonight. I’m anx­ious to see every­one. It’s funny how many peo­ple I’ve seen from a dis­tance that I’m sur­prised at their height. Not sure why, but I thought Alli Wor­thing­ton was short and she’s actu­ally a beau­ti­ful tall woman. Who knew?

The boys are already too much in my head. They really had a hard time let­ting me go, but I know that J talked with them and they’re try­ing to keep a stiff lip. I also found a love note from them in my suitcase:

Love it, guys! *Psst…Gremlin, I found your miss­ing nerf gun dart…it’s in my suit­case. I’ll bring it home to you.*