Meeting NKOTB At Best Buy
After the Today Show debacle we were more determined than ever to see all of the New Kids (For me - especially Donnie.) So we went home to rest up and came back Monday to - yes - camp out AGAIN - this time to actually meet all 5! AAACK! Donnie Wahlberg has alluded me for 20 years and this was my shot to make my biggest unfulfilled dream come true. So Katie, Kim, Tricia and I camped out at Best Buy and made new friends along the way.
At 8am they opened the doors so we could purchase their new CD "The Block" and get a wristband that guaranteed you to meet the guys. We could have left but instead decided to stick around and be in the front of the new line - the line to meet them!
Fast forward about 10 hours of sitting around, making new friends, singing and answering the constant question "What are you guys waiting for?" (Most of the time we were honest but some of us began to answer everything from the new Barney DVD to a meet and greet with the original line up of Menudo. HA!) Being up front ended up being well worth it! They let the first group of us into the store early and lined us up around the staircase so we could watch them come up the stairs and make their big entrance! After what felt like ages, all five started walking up the stairs. Everyone started screaming and taking pictures. And here's where my problem began. The second I saw Donnie I started crying. Uh oh! Donnie did this adorable spin around with his arms raised. It was awesome!
They then took their places at the table, did some quick interviews and took photos for the press. Occasionally they would turn around to face the crowd and smile and wave. Girls started yelling at Donnie to take off his hat, take off his sunglasses. I screamed that he should take off his clothes! What is WRONG with me! Am I 13??? Now it was time to start filing in towards the table to meet them. I was, at this point, composed. Nervous but not crying or screaming like a lunatic. Then su ddenly I'm next. And Robo (their bodyguard) is standing there. And I freeze! He urges me on and I'm saying to myself Be cool, you're not crying and that's great so don't start.
So now I am standing in front of DONNIE WAHLBERG! And like a crazy person I start crying. Close to a sob. It's bad. And Donnie says. "Hi baby." AAAAACK! That made it worse! Now I am really REALLY crying! So what do I do? Start declaring my love for him like a teenager. At this point, Donnie STANDS UP, stretches his arms out and steps towards me. I hugged him so hard and he kissed me on the cheek!!! I could really die! Still hugging him and still crying I tell him something like "I have20been waiting 20 years to meet you! Thank you SO much for coming back! I love you!" STILL hugging him he pats my hair and says in my ear "We do it all for you baby." (Yes he said baby a second time.) I thought I was gonna drop dead of happiness! I let go and he signs my CD. I thank him and try to stop shaking.
This whole time I've been wearing my Donnie jacket - a denim jacket I had custom painted when I was 13 with his face on the back. In my state of insanity I totally forgot to take it off and show it to him! So I'm walking down to Jonathan when Donnie says "Who's that on the back of your jacket baby??!!" (YES he said Baby a third time no exaggeration.) I'm a little more composed now and not crying so I shout back, "That's YOU!" And Donnie goes "Take that jacket off so I can sign it!" AACK! I said "Really??" He said "Yes!" So of course I do it and he lays it out on the table ask me my name and signs "To Heather, All My Love, Donnie Wahlberg 2008." OH >>> MY >>> GOD!!!! I thanked him and he said blew me a kiss!!!!
I hate to gloss over the other for guys but sorry - it was all about the 13 year old in me meeting Donnie. But Jonathan, Joe, Danny and Jordan were all very very sweet! I've been extremely lucky to have met all four before. I thanked them all for reuniting. Jordan said he was excited about the tour. My friend Ava asked me to ask Danny if he was gonna break dance on the upcoming tour so I did. He said yes and that he is ready and can't wait.
There are no words to describe how happy I am!!!!! :)
Next .... The Today Show Redux! The story of getting in VIP and everything else that followed!
1 comment:
That is truly an awesome recount of events I can see in the mind's eye... even if it is all about Donnie.
I think it's time to get that jacket preserved.
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