Back from Nashville, Tennessee

We just spent 5 days in Nashville, 3 days were meetings and 2 days were for fun. Thanks to  the Air Canada ticket agent in London, I managed to get my work out in at Pearson Airport. Our flight was at 6:10am Saturday morning out of London, ON. If you've flown out of London you know arriving a half hour in advance is plenty of time to get through security and to the plane. We arrived at least 45 mins early. There was one person at check-in counter waiting, but no agent. We had to ask a security guard to check if there was anyone working. I'll spare the details - but we ended up being put on the 7am plane, giving us 1 hr to make our connection in Toronto. 1 hour to get our bag and head through customs. We had 2 minutes to make it to the plane, so we had to RUN to the gate - only to find that we had run to the wrong gate. So we turned around and RAN to the right gate in the opposite direction. We make it to the gate huffing and puffing to find no attendant and the plane pulling up the stairs and pulling away. Luckily the rest of the day was smooth, and we made it to Nashville 8 hours later than planned, our suitcase arrived 7 hours later. 

My plan while I was away was to continue making healthy choices and use the exercise facilities at the hotel every day. It was almost impossible to eat healthy. Everything was fried, salads had iceberg lettuce and fattening creamy dressings and the fish dishes were smothered in cajun spices (I don't do well with heat). So my nutrition plans were challenging, but everyday we walked at least 5k. Everything in Nashville is in walking distance - except the outlet mall, which is the size of 2 football fields. So even though we cabbed to the mall we still got in a good walk.

Despite the nutrition challenges, it was a great get-a-way. Nashville is definitely a party town. All day long, every restaurant and bar has live music. It was also nice to have a change of scenery with Troy. Just like all other professional parents out there, we get bogged down by our everyday responsibilities and fall into routines, we forget about quality time together. With all the challenges we faced on Saturday, we laughed and made jokes. I enjoyed some quality time with my hubby! It was a very good reminder of the need to have fun together!!