Recap of 2008

Over the course of this year, things have gone their own ways. I've had the good, the bad and the downright ugly going on. But as the saying goes: "Everything happens for a reason".

I suppose I could start with the ugly thing first. I suppose it's nothing really new. My parent's divorce is STILL going on. And it's not getting any closer to being over, which is what my mom, sister and I really want. My dad just calls it "a bad nightmare that never ends". Which I suppose is true. Anyways, that's the ugliest of news that I have.

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And now onto the best things that have happened this year!

May 2008-- New Kids on the Block announced their reunion/tour!! Who WOULDN'T be excited about that??

And because of that reunion, everything came pouring back to me. Especially how I used to be a Jordan Knight girl when I wasn't even old enough to be liking guys, haha. To the memories of listening to their tapes with my friend when we were younger, to when I followed both Jordan and Joey's solo careers. I was WAY excited. And to make it even better, Amanda kept asking me if I wanted to go to a NKOTB concert. I was really skeptical at first. How would they perform? How would they look and sound?

*Well, the two of us had originally planned to go to one concert at the time. And that one concert would have been the Minneapolis, MN concert on Oct. 21, 2008. Well, in August, I was at home doing things, when I got a text message from Amanda, saying something along the lines of "NKOTB AT MALL OF AMERICA ON AUGUST 8TH!!!!" I freaked out! But then my excitement came shooting down when I noticed I had to work on that day. Well, that's what they thought. I called in sick, :-D. Amanda and I made the trip to Minnesota the night before the big event. People could start lining up at 4AM. Well... with about 3 hours of sleep, Amanda and I got to the Mall about 4:30AM. And only a few minutes later, we were being approached by Celeste! Amanda and Celeste had been talking online and agreed to meet up at the Mall, so we all met and stayed together the whole time.
*The three of us had stayed at the mall for over 16+ hours, just to see the guys perform 3 songs and to get a quickie "HI/BYE" meet & greet. But OHH was it worth it! The performance was great (Summertime, Tonight & Single). And the M&G was amazing! I had great experiences with Joe, Jon (gorgeous in person!!), Donnie (I got my first Donnie hug from him!!!!) and Danny, of course! Jordan was iffy, but I don't blame him, lol.

And after that day, everything just got more and more crazy. At the time, Amanda and I added two more concerts to our list: October 4th in Chicago and then in Milwaukee on the 22nd of October.

Which brings me into my next great moments of 2008! The trip to Chicago, which also brought more friends along, included: Celeste and her friends, Allison and Sharla, Amanda and I. The 5 of us being crowded in Celeste's car for 2 and a half hours was definitely fun times! But on October 4th, everything just got so much better. We were all ready to go by Noon and piled into the car around 12:20 to head to the arena to scope things out. Well, long story short: security guards with evil glares, parking in Target parking lot, large group of girls, walking past Donnie Wahlberg, more girls... wait, WALKED PAST DONNIE WAHLBERG?? Indeed, Celeste and I did. But the end result was amazing and I got a great picture with him and his arm around my shoulders, ending with his hand running through my hair, rubbing my neck, him smiling and saying HI in an oh, so sexy voice. :-]]]]

**swoon**


-Kim-