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Five Things I Learned Moving to the South
From George Strait to Alan Jackson, and Miranda Lambert to Morgan Wallen, country music artists have a beautiful way of painting a distinct picture of Southern culture, one that I have always been captivated by. When my husband and I first visited Nashville, I immediately fell in love with the warm Southern culture, friendly locals and beautiful scenery. Here are five of many cherished aspects I have learned and embraced after moving to the South, a place we are so proud to call home!
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Plotting Our Move to Nashville – Part 3
Employment secured. House off the market. The next step (which we were working on simultaneously during these two big hurdles), was figuring out all move logistics. WOW there were a lot of things to cover. To feel organized and less frazzled, we started with listing everything out in one place on a whiteboard – the same whiteboard my parents got us to help plan the details of our wedding, which was a lifesaver.
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Plotting Our Move to Nashville – Part 2
Once we scouted Nashville and confirmed our jobs were secured, the next month was a blur of planning, coordinating, researching, and making quick decisions. The biggest hurdle – aside from employment – was selling our townhome that I absolutely loved. We had not anticipated this move even two months prior, so we had to move extremely fast.
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Plotting Our Move to Nashville – Part 1
The plane ride home to San Diego gave us a chance to reflect on this life-changing step we were contemplating. I first thumbed through a few pamphlets and town brochures I collected during our stay (including a guide of Franklin). Then, I drafted a pros and cons list of moving to Tennessee, followed by a pros and cons list of staying in San Diego.
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Our Fact-Finding Trip to Nashville
Landing in Nashville for the very first time was a surreal experience, since visiting had been a dream of mine for years. Brady pointed out the downtown skyline from the window, there was country music playing from the terminal restaurant and electric guitars were on display at the baggage claim. After a fateful, unexpected turn of events, we were in Music City, USA!
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Trading Pina Coladas for Jack-n-Cokes
Five months into our new marriage, the world was sent home in the midst of the pandemic in 2020. The uncertainty terrified me. The news was always on, magnifying the fear, and I was one of those people who wore gloves and disinfected the groceries after our trips to the store. Brady was never shaken like I was, and while at first I thought he was crazy, after a few months of lockdowns and mandatory mask wearing outdoors and the closure of beaches and parks, my fear slowly started to wear off into curiosity.
