But I also dreamed of living abroad. Check! I dreamed of marrying my college sweetheart. Check! And now, I have one more dream to check off my list: seeing New Kids on the Block in concert.
Crazy, right? Not to this girl. New Kids on the Block was probably the first music group I was ever passionate about. I had all their tapes. I had T-shirts. Like every other 11-year-old girl in America, I was IN LOVE.
Unfortunately, when New Kids were around, I was too young to ever see them in concert. The closest I ever got was a taped recording of a concert that my sister Jennifer gave me. I think one of her friends went to the show or something. Or maybe it was one of those HBO concerts. I don't know; and I didn't care! I watched that tape countless times. I knew every word to every song. I knew the dance moves by heart (although I could never pull them off myself). I was....obsessed.
Well this past Tuesday, my dream came true. New Kids were in Indy for a show with the Backstreet Boys (another boy band fantasy of mine from high school). I went with my coworker Laura and some of her friends. To say it was a blast would be a huge understatement. I was like a 13-year-old girl again -- giggling like a schoolgirl when the lights went down, screaming like a crazy person, jumping up and down when they started to sing one of my favorite songs, and dancing like a fool as if no one else was around.
It. Was. Awesome.
People think I'm silly for going to a New Kids/Backstreet concert on the verge of 30 years old. I could care less what people think. If you had the chance to live out one of your childhood dreams, even if it's 19 years late, wouldn't you? I think a person would be crazy not to! Rock on, New Kids. Rock. On.
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Dreams do come true (sometimes). So happy one of yours finaly did.
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So jealous! I totally would have gone if I had the chance, too! Live it up, D! :)
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