Have I really not blogged since August 31st? Wow, doesn't seem like that long. (it's funny because every person I follow on here has started out with a similar line atleast once or twice, haha). I think life just gets a hold of us sometimes and keeps us on our feet. But here I am. :)
I think I have a lot to write about. My mind is like the falling leaves of fall, always in motion.
I have finally decided that I'm going to Nashville October 15th-17th. I'll be traveling with Holly and Amy. Terri plays an Opry show on the 15th that we're hoping to go to. :) Terri brought us and Amy together, so it's always exciting to experience her shows together, and the Opry holds a really special memory for all of us. :) We're so excited to roadtrip blaring Terri's new album too! :) & I just can't wait to see all of my friends, and just be in that city again!
Speak of Terri, I am so proud of her. She did all but tell Nashville to kiss her grits, and I guess reverse psychology kinda worked, because I think they're thinking "oh crap, what'd we let go". Haha. Her album got 4 stars in Country Weekly, which doesn't happen a lot, and she just had a 3 page spread in CW as well. I really like how Terri talks about this album. Many people have told her that she sounds different. She explains that it's not that she's singing any different, it's that she's getting to convey songs that mean something to her, and record them w/o all the bells and whistles that major record labels insist on. It's pure, from the heart music. I think that's how it should be. It reminds me a lot of Waylon's way of thinking, he hated people tinkering with his work, he felt like he would go in and record a song, and by the time he was done, it would be a completely different song. It shouldn't be like that. Ok...off of my music business soap box.
"I feel like a dog that's been told to go out and chase a car, but nobody's telling me what make, model or color it is. So I"m chasing all thse cars, thinking maybe I"ll catch the right one, and all I'm doing is getting my ass run over!"
Terri said that and it describes exactly how I feel. I'm chasing this dream, and someday's it's as clear as can be and I have no doubt, and other days it's so foggy I'm not sure. I know what I want, but figuring out how to get to that point can sometimes be hard.
Ok...I have a few other things I want to write about, but Nan needs me to pick up some things for dinner and get there a little early...so later. :)
Before I leave this though, I just have to say that I realize more and more everday how blessed I am. I have this amazing family here that loves me so much, and I think about leaving them and how hard it's going to be ( i really already think so much about this even though it's like 8 months away, haha). But then I remember that I already have this great group of people that are like a second family to me in Nashville too. You have no idea how much peace that brings to me. God knows what he's doing, FOR SURE. :)
OKIE love.
-Allyssa
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