Current Mood: happy

Ever so often I get an urge and its a strong one too. I get an urge to pick up everything I own and everything I know and venture elsewhere. I’ve been getting this urge for years… and I’m always drawn to one place: Nashville.

Years ago, it took a lot for me to move to Chattanooga from my small hometown. I was terrified to leave. It was all I had ever known and it felt safe. At one time, I was the girl who thought that was all I ever needed or wanted. Now I don’t think I could ever go back there permanently.

Chattanooga is a great place, but over the years I’ve come to realize that I’m bored with it and now want more. I need more excitement! I want the Titans games. I want the hockey games… I think I’d really dig hockey if I got the chance to get into it. More than anything I want to be around the music scene.

Last night Angie and I were in Nashville and walking up and down Broadway. There was live music pouring out of every place we passed. I would’ve loved to have spent the evening going into each place and listening to the different bands, however we simply did not have time. We had tickets to a show at the Sommet Center and had to get to that.

AND as if Nashvegas isn’t fantastic enough, there are apparently no ugly men in Nashville either… or maybe its that all the ugly ones seem to stay hidden. It was a glorious smorgasbord of hotness on Broadway… preppy well-dressed men, hot cowboys in tight jeans, and tousled-hair rocker dudes! *swoon* You just don’t get that around here… we have a few OK looking guys mixed in with a bunch of greasy rednecks. heh!

So yeah, here I am once again talking about how badly I want to move to Nashville. If you’ve known me for any length of time, I’m sure you’re tired of hearing it by now. This time I feel like the time is right more than ever though. Either way, I just signed a lease here so I’ve got a year to let the idea marinade. If I still feel this strongly 9 months from now, I’ll start looking at job postings. I work for a fantastic company now, so in a perfect world I’d find an opening and transfer.

Before, it was always lack of money that held me back. I’m finally in a position where I could swing this though. Now, the biggest thing that makes me second guess a move is the thought of leaving my friends. I have some incredible people in my life here and the thought of leaving them is unbearable. In my perfect world, I’d be able to pack up all my favorite peeps and take them with me when I go. *sigh*

Who knows, the urge may fade slightly again over the next year. I have no idea what will be going on a year from now. What I do know is that I always feel a pull from there and I’m confident that eventually that’s where I’ll call home.