Life in Music City

I really can't not believe that I am here. It feels so odd to me that I am actually living in Nashville, TN. The home of country music and home to some of the biggest names in music. The place where Johnny Cash and Elvis recorded. I live only two blocks from Broadway street home to all the bars and honky tonks where many of today's leading country artists got there start. That I am right around the corner from CMT and that I am actually working inside it's sacred halls.

A few months ago it was still just a dream. My application was in the mail and I was awaiting reply with batted breath. And then I receive phone calls and interview with several different departments, all in the hopes of joining their ranks. And then I get the call saying that someone wants to hire me for the summer. To teach me their trade. And I am ecstatic dancing around my room and I began making plans. I search and search and search for a place where I can live. We try friends of friends, craigslist, we search apartment complexes. We make multiple trips up to Nashville and look at dozens of places but none of them fit. I began to give up hope of ever finding something. I make reservations at a hotel. Then the (almost) impossible happens. Two other interns are looking for a roommate. It is like the answer to prayer. I go to orientations on Monday with a renewed sense of hope. I will get to look at the place when I get done that day. All day my stomach is a mass of excitement. 1. because I am walking the hallways of CMT seeing where all the magic takes place and 2. my dream apartment could be awaiting me when the day is done. I finish early. I meet up with one of my (possible) new roommates. I see the place. It is a dream come true. It is perfect.

I tell her I will move in Wednesday, the day I check out of my hotel and the day my mom was planning on coming to Nashville to help me move in somewhere, anywhere. I go home that night back to the hotel more excited than ever. Not only will the next day be the first FULL day of work at CMT, but I have found a place to live. Everything is coming together so nicely.

This experience has more solidified that GOD knows exactly what we need and he will show it to us when the time is right. It may be frustrating, waiting on a plan because you can't see how it will pan out, but GOD always knows. And when you rely on him to guide you, things turn out better than you could ever have planned them yourself. This summer is going to introduce me to so many amazing opportunities. And hopefully some doors will be opened as well. Who knows, maybe I will be back here again this same time next year, but instead of looking for something for the summer, I will be looking for something permanent. Maybe my career will start right here in Nashville. This place is filled with so much opportunity. You can feel it in the air as you walk down Broadway and listen to the sounds of what could be the next big thing or as you casually pass by a star and give them a head nod and a casual hey. Passion and opportunity. This summer will be filled with it.