D is for Donnie Wahlberg!

Ok....I know that this entry seems a little bit juvenile, but I am a firm believer that as adults, we all need an outlet. We all need something to help us escape from the world's harsh realities.  Mine just happens to be boy bands. Like many women from my generation, I was a New Kids fan. I still remember the first time I found out about them. My older sister Kellie and her friend were listening to the Hanging Tough album in her room. In traditional little sister fashion...I crashed the party. They told me I had to pick a favorite (because you know that everyone had to have their designated favorite). My sister had already claimed Joe and I'm not sure who her friend had picked...but my boy was going to be Donnie Wahlberg. Now that I'm grown....I've come to realize that he was a great pick for me. He's edgy, the bad boy, easy on the eyes, and looks great with his shirt off.

I will even admit, that although I am now a grown woman, I still get excited when I see him. Last year when they came to Lafayette, a little piece of my girlhood dream came true. Kellie and I were on the 6th row and Donnie himself was pretty much in front of us throughout the entire performance. And although I knew that this could embarrass my sister and possibly myself, but I had always said if we got close to the stage that I would make a sign. I did and it read "Donnie, I've waited a long time to say this. You're finally single, I'm finally legal, Let's do the damn thing". Mr. Wahlberg not only saw the sign, but pointed to it, winked, and gave me a pelvic thrust. Now, I realize that's just part of the show for him...but in my girlhood mind, the sign made him just as happy as it did me.

And if they tour again...I have to raise the bar and think of another sign......