Famous people

I have met only one famous person in my life. It was former first lady, Barbara Bush. It was exciting, as exciting as meeting Barbara Bush could be. It was the summer after my senior year of high school, and I was working at some job that I have quite literally forgotten. I do remember that the building we were in also had a recording studio in it, which is why Barbara was there. It was in Portland, ME which, as everyone knows, is THE city in Maine. Barbara, likely spending her summer at Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, had come to our building to record her memoirs.

I walked out of the office to go do something so insignificant that I have completely forgotten it, and came face to face with the once First Lady. She was nice to see. Just, happy, and friendly, and grandmotherly. I was tempted to snuggle up and get a big hug from her, but thought better of it. She smiled at me, though it was kind of a small smile, and asked me where the rest room was. Yes, it's true, she talked to me. Little old me! The woman who once slept in the White House, and likely had conversations with George Herbert Walker Bush that went like this, "No husband, don't use the red phone for this matter, we can settle it without the nukes". Yep, she and I talked, and then we walked. I walked her down one and a half flights of stairs, and past a single, bored looking (yet still super cool)Secret Service Agent, to the bathroom. This is where we departed. I thought she would ask how to contact me again or invite me to Kennebunkport, but instead she just thanked me.

That was it. My one, golden, famous person encounter. It was memorable, so obviously, I basically know her. Although she is the only one that I legitimately know, I do "kind of know" a couple of other famous people too. I "know" Jennifer Aniston, because she touched my husband's arm and said, "It's nice to meet you, Jayme", and also Jason Varitek because I teach someone related to him (with the last name Varitek) and have an autographed baseball from him. Oh, and I almost forgot Tina Fey! She is one of my favorite celebrity "friends". We became close when I saw her at Disney, just feet away from me, getting ready to go on the Peter Pan ride.

I am holding out hope that I will meet more famous people in my life. Not because I am someone who is interested in celebrities and their lives; I am not. I don't subscribe to People magazine, or even peek at the Enquirer when I'm in line at the grocery store. I am just too busy with my life to worry about theirs. Even so, there is something surreal, and interesting, and...memorable... about meeting someone famous. That is what my vast experience in the matter has taught me! ;)