It Only Took Twenty Years...

…but I finally made it to a New Kids on the Block concert. Yes, I went to see the fab five last night with my girlfriends and it was a fabulous concert. No, Andy did not go with us as he chose to stay home since he was never the avid fan like I was growing up. Twenty years ago I was a huge fan of NKOTB, especially Jordan Knight. When I was ten years old I thought I was going to marry Jordan and become Mrs. Knight. How cute is that? I had all of their paraphernalia, ok, maybe not all, but I did have quite a bit. I had the t-shirts, giant posters, earrings, shoe laces, giant buttons, cassette tapes, etc. I wanted so bad to see them in concert, but they never made an appearance in Madison; however, they did show in Milwaukee, but how is a ten year old supposed to get there? Of course my parents were not about to take me, so I had to wait until I was 29 years old to see them. I guess I was a deprived child because one of my girlfriends who went last night was able to see them twice when she was a pre-teen. Well, let me tell you, it was definitely worth the wait. Plus the kids on the block are not kids anymore, so I could definitely appreciate that. They played all of their old school songs and it took me back to 1991. Some of the songs I haven’t heard since I was probably 12 or 13, but I remembered most of the words. It’s kind of crazy the things you can remember and the things you easily forget. I mean, how was I able to know the words to songs that I haven’t heard in 17 or 18 years? It was nuts and the girls and I were screaming right along with the songs looking like 10 and 12 year old little girls again. It was awesome. We had pretty good seats, but if they ever make it back to Phoenix again you can guarantee that I will be determined to purchase front row tickets. I may not be Mrs. Knight, but I still have that little kid in me that just love the New Kids on the Block. Of course after the concert the challenge for us ladies was to find my car in the parking ramp. This ramp was pretty big, so it took some time to figure out where the Audi was parked. Also, it was hovering around 100 degrees at 11:30 at night so it was not fun trying to figure out where the car was in the hot parking ramp. Once we found it we were all still revved up from the concert so once I got home it was hard to fall asleep. I definitely paid for my fun with the girls and the fab five last night as it was a tough day of work off only four hours of sleep, but it was well worth it. I would give up sleep again for such a great concert.