Friday night I found out from a friend where they were staying so when Stef and I headed into the city on Saturday I told her. We headed over to the hotel and scoped it out. That must've been around 12:30ish. We walked around to the other side of the hotel because there was a back entrance and stood there. Then we went back to the other side and made ourselves comfortable. Marcus and Carlos went in and out a few times Saturday. Stef kept saying "I need coffee" but didn't want to leave because she knew something was gonna happen. So I stayed behind and made myself comfortable on the ground. next thing you know carlos, some other guy and Brian are out the door and on their way to the store at the corner. The girls standing there are like "Let's go, let's go follow him." Good thinking, huh?? That's exactly what Brian wants when he's shopping for some hats and sneakers! So they go anyways and Stef comes back. She knew she missed something because everyone was standing around. So, she decides a little bit later to go for another cup of coffee, this time at the deli across from the store he was shopping in. As she comes out of the deli, Brian comes out of the store. She hauls ass across the street, but Bri is just too fast for her. I managed to snap a picture right before he went into the hotel again. YAY! I took a picture of Brian!

So we wait and wait and wait. Somehow a little while later Brian goes from inside the hotel to the car without no one noticing him until he's at the car. WTF happened with that?? Then, I don't know how much time went by when Kevin and Kristin came out. He looks so "OHMYFUCKINGGOD" in person. The girls sitting on the ground next to me kept calling him Jesus and he actually heard that. He looked a bit shocked at that. I snapped a pic of him and the wife. So we sit back down and wait. I called Maria to tell her they were going to the Yankee game.

Everyone kept saying Nick wasn't there, he left to go upstate overnight to visit his family for the weekend. No one knew when he was coming back. About 9 that night he did. *YAY* I had one of those moments. There was Nick, I was one person away and billy said no more, Nick's tired. Nick uttered his favorite words, "I'll be back later." Haha!

We waited some more. I kept calling home for updates on the Yankee game. Finally at 12:30 that night, Brian, Kevin and Kristen came home. Brian ran in the hotel (another moment where i was frozen in place). I managed to get a signature from Kevin that night though on one of my favorite pictures (turns out he likes it too). Stef and I then decide to go home because AJ was at the Who concert (we thought Madonna, but it wasn't her, it was The Who) and Howie snuck out.

         

We met up again on Sunday at around 12:30 and got to the hotel at one. Someone told us they were at a photo shoot and they'd be back later. We waited anyway and talked to all the new friends we made. The crowds grew and shrunk and grew and shrunk all day but finally around 8ish they shrunk. Until NSync left their hotel, which is the Trump in Columbus Circle by the way. All those *fans* came over to the BSB's hotel and waited. They were screamers/criers/the same girls that ran after Brian into the store the day before. The crowd grew again. When the guys did finally arrive (after waiting for about 10-10.5 hrs in the COLD) Brian came out first and into the hotel (I froze again). I never did see AJ and Nick. They did got into the bar and through that door leading into the hotel. Ok now this is where I got really pissed. All those girls, the ones who followed Brian into the store, the ones who came from the Trump, ran inside the hotel and chased after Nick. That got me so incredibly upset. I stood out there with Stef (and others - CALMLY) for over 10 hours waiting for Nick and these little bitches go running into the hotel. That's when I cried. I just thought they blew any chances of anything. Stef waited the hour Nick said he'd be back (haha again) and left when the hour was up. She somehow managed to meet Howie and got her bad foot stepped on by him too, while I was outside still upset. They all promised me I'd have that moment with Nick but I doubted it. Not with the way those girls acted. A little while later AJ comes out of a van (when the hell did he leave??) but I was so upset from that Nick thing I did nothing (kicking myself in ass now!). I sat there and watched a few others get their pictures with him. Eventually it got too cold outside so I went in and reserved a room for the night. The power of a hotel key is great. Bed and warmth were all I wanted and I got it.

I woke up at 7:50 to quick change and run downstairs to meet with Stef. I was waiting in the alcove of the hotel when this man comes through, followed by Kevin IN SHORTS and Carlos. Carlos stood in front of me as though I would try anything with Kevin. What could I do? I had no camera, no photos, just me standing in the now cold alcove. When Kevin opened the door the coldness hit him and he said in a very slow southern accent "Woah doggy." Those words will ring in my mind forever and ever and ever. The way they rolled off his tongue. Wow.

My checkout time was later than normal because of the time I checked in. Stef and I discussed it for a while and decided to stay for another night. They kept kicking everyone without a hotel key out into the streets..That's the power of the key!! The closer it got to 3pm the more we realized they snuck out of the hotel for TRL. Oh well, that gave us time to run home, shower, and run back with clothes and pajamas and other essentials..I got back at 6:30, Stef was already there and we both missed Kevin when he came back from TRL at 5:30. That was okay though. We had "the key" and could sit in the lobby and wait for them to come out. We were with a few girls from Montreal (not Maria *sniff*). They were really nice and joking with us. I had a deck of cards with me so Stef and I started playing. All of a sudden Howie comes walking out. We did not get up and get that autograph and picture with him. We are stupid. I figured there would always be later. Then Stef needed to pee.

NEVER NEVER NEVER LET STEF GO ANYWHERE WHEN THERE IS A CHANCE THE GUYS WILL POP OUT OF SOMEWHERE!! She goes to the bathroom Nick comes out of the elevator. My heart nearly dropped. He was 10 feet from me...not even. I followed the Montreal girls and another girl outside where Billy stopped Nick from giving out pictures. He came back in the lobby and did a few more. Stef was talking to him about games (she gave him a game) and took a picture, got him to sign the book. Then I shifted right next to him and Billy was telling me no. I was not letting him get away. Right there, inches between us and I'm being told no. Nick told Billy that he wanted to sign my picture so he did. As he's signing, in a voice so low you had to strain to hear me, I asked if I could please please have a picture with him. Added an extra please and he told Billy he wanted to. So stef took that picture. I don't think I was near him in that one. I was almost afraid to touch him. Then we went up to our room and screamed. Made a few calls, screamed some more.

Went downstairs in time for Kevin and AJ to come walking out. *YAY* Kevin stopped to take a few pictures and so did AJ (he got away from me). I asked Kevin for a picture and some snatched him so I made a noise. He turned and looked at me and said, "Give me one minute you're next." He came over to me and I had my pictures in my left hand. He took them from me asking "What are those?" My cleaver response, "My pictures." He looked through them, liking the group picture i had with me. He liked the one he signed the other night, the dancing one. He amusingly grunted at a picture of Nick I had. I also had a few pictures of AJ's Amanda that I took with me because she got there yesterday. He had no clue who it was so he asked. I pointed at AJ and whispered "Amanda" while chewing on the marker. He asked where and I told him I was down there on vacation and caught her show. Then he recognized Beetlejuice's arm. He said he never seen her like that before. Then I asked him to sign the group picture and he said sure. He looked at it again, trying to figure out where. He signed it for me *YAY*

           

After he finished looking through my pix, I asked if I could take a picture with him. He said "Sure". Stef had taken a picture of him signing the picture and of us together. It was so cool. He put his arm around my waist and all. He was rubbing my back lightly. It was so sweet. Kevin is a great, nice guy. Whoever said anything else was wrong. Kevin and AJ went outside and they left to go to the studio or something. When Nick came back and went into a car and just sat, we realized he was waiting for Brian so we all stood. Brian came running out and I was in that 'freezer' mode. i couldn't move. UNTIL STEF PUSHED ME! OMG, I was so embarrassed. She pushed me into Brian's path. His bodyguard was yelling, "He's running late, no pictures." I must've had this total look of shock on my face from the push because Brian actually laughed. He laughed at ME! (I think that's cool though, LOL). He grabs the pictures from my hand, and the marker and takes off with them. I have to run after him and watch him scribble on it. He turns to his right to give them back to me but I'm on his left. He eventually realized that and turned. Stef managed to take a picture of him giving me back my pictures. *yay* We are on hyper-overdrive at that moment but completely hungry. We run to McDonald's and bring it back to our room to eat.

We go back downstairs and wait until I think about 12:30ish when Nick came walking back in. I got him to sign the same picture Brian signed (it was of the two of them) and I asked him in the same voice as before "Can I have a picture?" and he said "A picture? Sure." He pulled me against him. I could've died. He squeezed my waist. I was melting inside all over. COMPLETELY AND TOTALY.

At the same time I'm going to take a picture with Nick, she hands him her album cover to sign and he asked if she wanted that signed. She said yes and he took it from her. Ya know when someone has their arm around your waist and they trail their hand across your back?? That's what he did. *shivers* He told her "You can take the picture while I'm signing. Half way through he looks up and smiles. OMG, my second picture with Nick.

Brian actually walked in with Nick and disappeared as everyone went over to Nick. DAMN IT! We waited in the lobby for a little while longer for AJ and Howie but by 2:00 they never came and I was litterally falling asleep in the chair in the lobby. We went upstairs, had a small burst of energy and went to bed. I think it was sleeping before Stef even got into the bed. LOL. That's it. I have to remember next time do not continue playing cards and get my butt!