I made it to Atlanta on Friday October 2nd at around 7:30 pm. It was interesting to say the least; there was a guy on the bus who was drunk and passed out and was unconscious so when we made it to Atlanta there were paramedics standing by. Not sure what happened after that but I sure hope he was okay.
So I waited for Emily to pick me up and made it to the hotel, met up with Raiquetta and found some food. :)
After getting some food Emily really needed chocolate. Never go to Walgreens with her. Bad idea. Someone might find out you lick your own face. HAHAHA!
On Saturday it was the day of the party. But first we had breakfast at Cracker Barrel. The sweet tea there is SO good. :)
The store set up is SO cute. Leighanne, Suzy, Brian and the rest of the Wylee team did an INCREDIBLE job with it all, especially in the short time they had to get it done. If you ever read this Leighanne, I just wanna say 100 times again THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! and I'm sorry. ;) You ROK! :)
It was so great seeing everyone at the party I was mostly excited to see Melissa, her son Jacob and sister Dana since its been a while since I had last seen them, 5 years to be exact. I sure did miss them. :)
After mingling a bit inside with everyone I decided there was entirely too many people in such a small space so I went outside to get some air. I didn't realize Brian was out there, but it turned out to be a good idea. Except after it turned into selfies in the rain before Leighanne....and eventually Joe had Brian bring the party back inside. ;)
While outside with Brian though it was cool, very chill. It's always fun chatting with Brian when there isn't a lot of fans around screaming in his face or asking for 101 photos, ect. For a bit there were just a circle of fans and Brian just chatting.
This was where I gave Brian all his gifts that I was supposed to give him in Kentucky back in April only I couldn't give him because they didn't allow gifts and I wasn't trying to leave them at the hotel lobby. This was also when Chance gave him the sweet kicks he made Brian. Brian LOVED them! A way to a man's heart is through his feet according to Brian. HAHA!
After we gave him his gifts he went to get his keys to put them in his hummer. And as he walked to put them in there he dropped the one shoe and everyone was like "Ooohh" and I said I took a picture and was like "I totally got a picture of that." And he laughed and was like "of course you did." LOL
One of the gifts I gave Brian was a bracelet that said "BE STRONG PHIL 4:13" He liked it and put it on right the. So cool. :) The other gifts were 2 shirts, a Kentucky Wildcats hat and a bunch of candy.
Brian went to take a picture with Chance on his phone and I was standing next to them and I said "I could totally photo bomb you guys right now, but I'll be nice and I won't." And Brian laughed and was like "no...wait....wait...." and after they took the picture Brian was like "OK....do it now." So I got to photo bomb a Backstreet Boy which is something I've always wanted to do. LOL I also thought it was pretty cool that I was IN a picture Brian took ON HIS PHONE.....which he eventually posted on HIS INSTAGRAM. Pretty cool stuff.
Some of the things we discussed were how I never made it to the ABC party on the last cruise. Brian seemed amused by that. LOL It kind of turned into confession hour in a way. LOL After that we were discussing how big Brian's brain is because he just remembers a lot of stuff and that led me to tell Brian about the time I was in Biology in high school and took a test about the brain and instead of putting brain as the answer I wrote BRIAN. LOL My teacher circled it and wrote something like "One of the Backstreet Boys is not part of the body." LOL
After that Brian was ready to take some photos. When it was my turn me and Brian took a picture, he told me to check it out and make sure I liked it. I just shrugged and said "Yeah, its good." I guess Brian could tell I wasn't a big fan. Which was partly true, I liked it....but it was a full body picture and I'm not a huge fan of those. So I told him that and he grabbed my phone and said "Well lets take a selfie!" We took 1 selfie, he went to snap another only it didn't work because my phone isn't set to take multiple selfies at a time. So he picked on my Samsung phone and we took another picture. He started to make a funny face, so I did...only he stopped before the pic was taken and I said "Dude you were supposed to make a funny face...you failed!" And he laughed and said "No...I'm smiling at your funny face." LOL
He took pictures with a few more fans before we went back inside. Brian was awesome the entire time....he took photos with anyone who wanted a picture, he even stopped and chatted and mingled with everyone. He really is the best. :)
Everyone was shopping and hanging out. The Wylee staff was so patient and helpful with everything.
I got to chat with Leighanne for a little bit too. Love her. Love chatting with her. She's hilarious. At one point she came behind me and hugged me and I didn't know who it was so I said "Who is it?" And she said "Your 2nd favorite person after my husband." HAHA.
I talked to Brian about his solo music. Nothing new really. He just said he was working on it. I asked him if he still planned on using older songs he mentioned in the past like back in 2006/2007 and he said yeah it's still a possibility. I seriously CANNOT wait for his next CD. I KNOW it will be amazing. :)
I also asked him if he really brews his own beer. I kind of figured he didn't but just asked to be funny. He said "Oh yeah you liked that right?" Then laughed and said "no, we just got those glasses customed made."
I just gotta say Leighanne's family is awesome. I love them. Her sister Suzy and her mother are just precious. :) Being around her mother I can definitely see where Leighanne gets some of the things she does and says from. :)
I've always wanted a personalized autograph from Brian where he writes more than just "To Amber" and signs his name. Only it never seemed like the right time to ask such a thing. At this event it seemed like a good time so I asked him and of course Brian was kind enough to do it. :)
It was at this point I thanked Brian for being who is and for everything he does. I also thanked him for putting up with my ridiculous and obnoxious tweets. I told him I'm sure
he gets annoyed by all my tweets on top of everyone else's tweets. He just smiled and laughed.
We started discussing how much love Leighanne and Brian was funny because he responded by saying "Me too!" And I said "no. really?" and he laughed and said "Oh, you guys knew that? You can tell I love her?" Then he laughed. This was when I told him how back in the day when I first learned he was dating Leighanne I secretly didn't wanna like her because I was jealous I never got a chance to try and marry him; he laughed and then I said but then I got to know her and met her and loved her and was like "How could anyone hate her?" And he said "I say the same things."
We joked about how I get a lot of fans asking me the secret of getting a follow from Brian on twitter. I told him I don't know if there is really a secret but if there is and he tells me maybe I could write a book and make some money. LOL He did tell me the secret, only its not really much of a secret but I won't share it because than fans will be mad when they do it and he doesn't follow them. But I promise its not that serious.
Brian had his personal assistant and trainer and Baylee's coach Joe serve as his bodyguard for the event. Not that Brian really needed one but he just kind of made sure Brian was okay. He was a funny guy, we chatted a bit with him and Brian about sports and football.
After a bit more hanging out and shopping most of the fans started to leave. At the end there was only a handful of fans left before Joe was in charge of "kicking" everyone out. Before we left me and my friends asked Leighanne to be in a group picture with us, Joe informed us it would be the last picture of the night. Brian was standing in front of us and the one lady asked him if he wanted to be in it and he said "Can I jump in right here?" And I said "As long as you really don't jump." So of course in true Brian fashion he did a little jump. LOL We took the picture said our good byes and left.
If you have the chance to check out the store before it closes in January do it. I promise you'll love it. :)
After the party we went to get food, then back to the hotel. To get ready to leave the next day.
Sunday I left to go back home on my 21 hour bus ride. I was pretty mad I had to miss football all day. Even though Brian told me about some website that had live NFL games, I tried the website and it turns out the website didn't exist anymore. But I guess it is the thought that counts. And the event was totally worth missing football for. ;)
Brian and Leighanne and their family and friends always put on the best events and are so kind and gracious to everyone. I cannot thank them enough for all they do. :)
I seriously love hanging out with these kids. :)
Until next time............the end. :)
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