So I know I said that I was going to blog more and I absolutely have not followed through with that. But life has been a little crazy since I got to Steelville. My dad flew into Florida on Saturday, Oct 5th and we packed up the van with all of my belongings. Then we stayed with Janni and Brandon and on Sunday we were on our way to Missouri. We got here on Monday night and first thing Tuesday morning my mom put me to work. Our family owns a steel manufacturing company so that's where I'm working. I get to work at 6:00am and leave at 3:30pm which is not too bad except for 2 things: I hate the morning and there isnt very much to do in Steelville in the afternoon. But all things considered, it really hasn't been that hard to adjust to
the mornings and I am managing to keep myself busy after work too.
Then on Friday afternoons and Saturdays I have been working on the front desk at Wildwood Springs Lodge during our concert season. My first week here we had the Marshall Tucker Band with Drew Womack opening for them (Which was suuuuuper fun!). Drew's band, Sons of the Desert, performed at the lodge over 10 years ago and Janneke was where waitress in the dining hall. We grew up listening to their CD and Janneke still tells the story of how they left her a $200 tip. I got Drew to sign a CD for me too :).
This past weekend we had POCO who has been playing at Wildwood for over 20 years. The lead singer, Rusty Young, met his wife when my grandmother introduced them at the front desk. Although, Uncle Bob said that he introduced them so I'm not sure how it actually went down. But it was a sweet love story :). That weekend was a lot of fun too! the music was great and everyone had a good time! I got home really late, which made for a rough Saturday, but then I had Sunday off so it wasnt too bad.
This weekend we will have America, which is pretty awesome but there is
something even more amazing than that. My friends Natalie and Nathan
Jacobson will be opening for them both Friday and Saturday evenings!
They are incredible musicians who have been playing since they were like
12 or something. And Saturday night we are suppose to have over 300
people there for the concert so it will be a really great crowd for them
to perform for. I'm really excited about that! I get to work the front
desk for both concerts to I will get to cheer them on :)
I can't say how happy I am to be here! I feel like I'm in a new
chapter of my life, but in some strange way it feels like a chapter that
I skipped over when I was younger. I got a job and was out on my own
right out of college thinking I knew what I wanted to do, but I feel
like this is the chapter where I can really find myself and figure out
what I want out of life.
I've written two songs since I
moved here. I started practicing on my dad's baritone ukulele which is
about the size of a traveling guitar (but of course much easier to
play). I've also gotten to meets some really cool new people and spend
more time with some old friends that I had made during my summers here
over the years. So that's were I am right now. Living in up in this small Missouri Town. More to come...
