We all arrived into Nashville at different times. I started my fun weekend by dropping the boys off with their Poppy and then spending Friday night at Jessica's apartment downtown and enjoyed a little girl time with her. Then Devon picked me up the next morning and she and I caught up over brunch. We hadn't seen each other in over three years and had lots of chatting and catching up to do. We then headed over to Opry Mills to meet the others and do some shopping and fulfill the goal of finding something to wear that night (this was nearly everyone's goal!) and after buying everything but a new outfit, we headed downtown to the hotel to get ready. Our room was free (!!!) courtesy of Chasity's husband's points...bonus!!! After getting ready, helping each other decide what to wear, drinking a couple hotel-paper-glasses of wine, and dancing/singing/pantomiming to songs from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, we headed out to dinner. We decided to walk to the restaurant because it was "not that far" and I felt lofty and smart and decided to navigate. Welll....I got us super lost. (sorry girls!) And got us into a not-so-great part of town on the other side of the train tracks (no, really.)...and by the time we got to the restaurant we were sweaty and stinky. Annnnd I was banned from navigating again. But, before all that happened we snapped this super fun picture! (for reference, in a circle starting with me and going clockwise: Me, Devon, Tracey, Chasity, Natalie, and Stacey)
Once we FINALLY made it to the restaurant and freshened up the best we could, we were met with this super hilarious, slightly feminine, waiter. His name was Devin...so we said Devin, meet Devon! Ha! He was a trip, and got us all set up with drinks, food, fun, and a taxi when it was time to head to the show. He really made our evening with such phrases like, "Oh no she de-ent!" (de-ent is didn't) and, "Girls, you makin' my eye twitch. See my eye twitchin'?" and "Mhmm. Yesh girl." Stacey stealthily snuck a picture of him as she was handing him her phone to take a picture of us. Isn't she great?! So fun!!
In the lobby of the TPAC where the play was, they had this awesome photo area...so we took advantage! And we were so glad we did because it was beyond crowded after the play!
While we were waiting for the show to begin we took a bunch of pictures...with our phones. They aren't the best quality but we couldn't not document such a fun night! And the night just got better when Dirty Dancing started. It was a fantastic play! We sang, we danced, we laughed, we swooned! And at first I felt a little bad for the people who had to sit around us until someone in front of us turned around and said that we were a lot of fun! (well, duh!!)
At intermission we parted ways to use the bathroom and then get in lines at separate bars. I had my phone so I texted Stacey to see how her line was moving...because they were blinking the lights or whatever they do to alert us that the show was about to start and they might not let us back in once the doors were shut. And let's be honest, that would be a travesty...Johnny and Baby were just getting hot and heavy! Anyways, Stacey was in one line and I was in another, and we were texting each other to see who was getting closer to the bar. And the exchange of text messages had me and those around rolling with laughter. Have you ever seen some of the crazy texts that happen due to auto-correct? Well...here's our personal funny one. :) Maybe you just had to be there...but this was so funny that I had to include it. I'm in the blue...Stacey is in the yellow. Her phone might hate her!! (I get the most awesome auto-corrected texts from her on the daily!)
After the show it was absolutely pouring and so we hailed a cab-van and jumped in. Our (poor) cab driver had to deal with seven very happy, loud, silly women (girls!) who were looking to have some more fun. We found out his name was Tito, and so we addressed him by name and questioned him by name as he drove us downtown and continuously wiped the fog from the inside windows so he could see! He was pretty quiet but I am pretty sure he made some comment that if we would stop singing the windows wouldn't fog up so bad! Haha! That didn't happen. :)
Unfortunately Jessica had to head home so we dropped her off before heading downtown, but we hated to see her go. The remaining six of us went to a dueling piano bar called the Big Bang and pretty much danced the night away!! We then headed to our hotel, but first had a quick stop at a taco bar for chips and dip. It was a good snack before we piled into two queen beds at 3am! (Well, Devon headed back to her house after chips and queso and so there were just five of us in the beds.)
The next morning we showered and went down to breakfast and reminisced about what a fantastic time we had the night before. The fun thing about this get together is not everyone knew everyone! We were a random group of women, with different connections to each other and some having met for the first time that night, and we had such a fantastic time and meshed really well together. So much laughter throughout the night. This GNO was good for the soul and I cannot wait for another! What say you, girls?!
(oh and you should re-watch Dirty Dancing the first chance you get. it's on Netflix. and then go to the musical!)
So much fun with a diverse group of ladies! Loved it!
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