ON SATURDAY JULY 14TH 2001, I LEFT MY HOME IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA WITH MY MOTHER AND MY BROTHER TO GO TO PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. WE WERE GOING TO RHODE ISLAND TO SEE A LIVE SHOW OF RAW IS WAR, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WAS GOING TO MEET MATT AND JEFF...THE HARDY BOYZ.

I WASN'T GOING TO BE MEETING THEM UNTIL THE 16TH, SO I HAD TO FIND STUFF TO DO TO KEEP MY MIND BUSY BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, WHEN YOU'RE WAITING FOR SOMETHING GOOD TO HAPPEN, IT'S TAKES FOREVER TO GET HERE.

ONCE WE CHECKED IN TO THE HOTEL, WE DECIDED TO GO TO THE MALL FOR AWHILE. WELL...WHEN WE FINALLY FOUND OUR WAY THERE, IT WAS ALMOST TIME FOR IT TO CLOSE. WE JUST TOOK A QUICK LOOK AROUND AND THEN HEADED BACK TO THE HOTEL.

THE NEXT MORNING, MY MOTHER HAD US UP AT LIKE 7:00AM. WE ALL GOT DRESSED AND WENT DOWNSTAIRS FOR BREAKFAST. WHEN WE WERE FINISHED, WE TOOK A DRIVE TO THE ZOO. IT WAS FUN, BUT WITH THE HARDY BOYZ ON MY MIND, IT WASN'T THE GREATEST. AFTER THE ZOO WE WENT TO ANOTHER MALL AND THEN BACK TO THE HOTEL AGAIN.

IT WAS SO HOT THAT NIGHT THAT WE DECIDED TO GO FOR A WALK AND SEE SOME OF THE SITES AROUND THE AREA. WHEN WE WALKED AROUND TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WE COULD SEE THE WWE TRUCKS BEING UNLOADED INTO THE ARENA. SEE, RAW WAS BEING HELD AT THE CIVIC CENTER AND THE HOLIDAY INN (WHERE WE WERE STAYING) WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. ON OUR WAY BACK TO THE HOTEL, WE COULD SEE PEOPLE RUNNING WITH THEIR CAMERAS TRYING TO GET PICTURES OF ANY WRESTLERS THEY SAW. I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD DO TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF SOMEBODY FAMOUS, BUT ANYWAYS I WON'T GO THERE.

FINALLY, IT WAS MONDAY AND ONLY A FEW HOURS AWAY UNTIL OUR MEETING. ONLY MY MOTHER CAME WITH ME BECAUSE MY BROTHER ISN'T REALLY A BIG HARDY BOYZ FAN, SO HE JUST STAYED AT THE HOTEL WHILE WE WERE GONE. SINCE IT WAS ONLY ACROSS THE STREET, WE JUST WALKED OVER AND A SECURITY GUARD MET US INSIDE. WHEN WE FIRST TOLD HIM WHY WE WERE THERE HE DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND I ALMOST STARTED TO PANIC, BUT THEN HE CALLED OVER ANOTHER SECURITY GUARD AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE A FEW MORE MINUTES.

WAITING THOSE FEW MINUTES SEEMED LIKE HOURS WHEN FINALLY SUE (THE WOMAN WHO SET UP THE MEETING) CAME TO GET US. SHE TOOK US UP ON THE ELEVATOR AND INTO A CONFERENCE ROOM SO IT WOULD BE MORE PRIVATE. SHE ASKED ME WHICH HARDY BOY WAS MY FAVORITE AND I TOLD HER EVEN THOUGH I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BOTH OF THEM, I'D HAVE TO SAY JEFF IS MY FAVORITE. AFTER I SAID IT, THE LOOK ON HER FACE GOT ME A LITTLE WORRIED. SHE SAID THAT SHE KNEW MATT AND LITA WERE THERE, BUT JEFF WASN'T THERE YET AND NOBODY KNEW WHERE HE WAS. SHE TOLD ME HE WASN'T FEELING GOOD THE NIGHT BEFORE AND HE WENT SOMEWHERE TO GET SOME SLEEP, BUT HE DIDN'T COME BACK YET. TRUTHFULLY, IT DIDN'T SURPRISE ME THAT HE WAS LATE BECAUSE MATT HAS SAID IN A NUMBER OF ARTICLES I'VE READ THAT JEFF IS USUALLY LATE FOR A LOT OF THINGS. SHE SAID NOT TO WORRY THOUGH BECAUSE HE WOULD EVENTUALLY BE THERE.

THEN I REMEMBERED THAT SHE SAID MATT AND LITA WERE THERE AND SHE SAID YES THAT LITA WAS GOING TO COME SAY HI TO ME TOO, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY COOL SINCE LITA IS MY FAVORITE WWE DIVA.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, LITA CAME IN TO TALK TO ME. SHE WAS VERY COMFORTABLE TO BE AROUND, VERY EASY TO TALK TO AND JUST AS PRETTY IN PERSON AS SHE IS ON TELEVISION. SHE TOLD ME ABOUT HER FAMILY, WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING IN THE WWE AND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO PERFORM ON T.V SO MUCH. SHE ASKED ME IF I SEEN HER NEW VIDEO AND I HAD TO TELL HER NO BECAUSE IT'S NOT AVAILABLE WHERE I LIVE YET. SO SHE SAID SHE WOULD GET MY ADDRESS AND MAIL ME A COPY.

AFTER AWHILE OF TALKING TO LITA AND MANY, MANY PICTURES LATER, SHE SAID SHE HAD TO GO GET READY FOR THE SHOW. SO I THANKED HER AND TOLD HER I REALLY APPRECIATED HER COMING IN AND TALKING TO ME AND SHE SAID IT WAS NO PROBLEM SHE WAS HAPPY TO DO IT. SHE TOLD ME THAT THE GUYS WOULD BE IN SHORTLY THEN WE SAID GOODBYE AND SHE LEFT.

I HAD JUST STARTED TO TELL MY MOTHER HOW AWESOME THAT WAS WHEN LITA CAME BACK IN PUSHING MATT IN FRONT OF HER. MATT STUMBLED IN THE DOOR WITH LITA LAUGHING AND SAYING "HEY, LOOK WHO I FOUND!" AFTER HE CAUGHT HIS BALANCE, HE PUT HIS STUFF DOWN AND CAME OVER TO TALK TO ME.

MATT, LIKE LITA, WAS VERY EASY TO TALK TO. THEY DON'T SPEAK TO YOU LIKE YOU'RE JUST A FAN, THEY TALK TO YOU LIKE THEY'VE KNOWN YOU FOR YEARS AND IT SEEMED TO TAKE AWAY ANY NERVOUSNESS I HAD.

MATT ASKED IF THEY HAD ANYTHING THEY COULD GIVE ME AND SUE SAID YES SHE WAS JUST WAITING FOR THEM SO THEY COULD GIVE IT TO ME. HE GAVE ME THE HARDY BOYZ BASKETBALL JERSEY WITH THEIR LOGO ON THE FRONT AND THE HARDY BOYZ BALL AND CHAIN PENDANT. I WAS SO HAPPY THOSE WERE THE TWO THINGS HE GAVE ME BECAUSE I SAID EVEN BEFORE I LEFT HOME THAT THEY WERE THE TWO THINGS I WANTED MOST. HE SAID THAT WAS COOL AND ASKED IF HE COULD PUT IT ON ME. OF COURSE I SAID YES. WHILE HE WAS PUTTING THE CHAIN ON ME, HIS CELLPHONE RANG. HE ASKED AMY (LITA) IF SHE COULD GET IT BECAUSE HE KNEW IT WOULD PROBABLY BE JEFF. AS SOON AS SHE STARTED TALKING I KNEW IT WAS AND WHEN SHE HUNG UP THE PHONE, SHE SAID HE WAS ON HIS WAY.

FROM WHERE LITA WAS SITTING ON THE FLOOR SHE NOTICED THAT SOME OF MY FRIENDS HAD SIGNED THEIR NAMES ON MY CHAIR SO SHE ASKED ME IF SHE COULD SIGN IT TOO. I SAID SURE AND SHE GOT A MARKER OUT OF MATT'S BAG AND WROTE HER NAME. MATT SAID IF SHE GOT TO SIGN HER NAME THAT HE GETS TO SIGN HIS NAME TOO. SO WHEN SHE WAS DONE MATT ALSO SIGNED IT.

AS SOON AS THEY WERE FINISHED AND SAT DOWN AGAIN, JEFF WALKED IN. SUE CAME IN WITH HIM AND SAID, "LOOK WHO FINALLY SHOWED UP." WE ALL LAUGHED AT HIM BECAUSE HE WAS SO LATE. HE CAME OVER TO ME AND SAID, "HI, UMMMM WHAT'S YOUR NAME?" I COULDN'T BELIEVE HE DIDN'T KNOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE LITA AND MATT BOTH KNEW AS SOON AS THEY WALKED IN THE ROOM. I TOLD HIM MY NAME WAS KIMBERLEY AND THEN HE SAID, "KIMBERLEY...HI KIMBERLEY, MY NAME'S JEFF." I SAID NO KIDDING, TRUST ME I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. HE LAUGHED AND THEN SAID, "SO I HEAR YOU HAVE A ROTTWEILER." I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW HE KNEW THAT, BUT I SAID YES AND STARTED TO TELL HIM ABOUT IT.

FOR LIKE THE NEXT HOUR OR SO WE JUST HUNG AROUND TALKING TO EACH OTHER. THEY ASKED ME IF I HAD ANY SIBLINGS AND I TOLD THEM YES, BUT HE WASN'T A BIG FAN OF THEIRS. ALSO, THAT MY BROTHER DIDN'T KNOW LITA WAS GOING TO BE THERE BECAUSE IF HE HAD OF KNOWN, HE WOULD'VE COME FOR SURE. I TOLD THEM ABOUT MY WEBSITE AND HOW LONG I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT. THEY ASKED ME TO GIVE THEM THE ADDRESS, SO JEFF WROTE IT DOWN IN HIS BOOK AND THEY SAID THEY'D CHECK IT OUT WHEN THEY HAD TIME.

AS THEY WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE, I ASKED LITA IF I COULD SEE HER TONGUE BECAUSE I KNEW SHE HAD IT PIERCED. I ALSO KNEW THAT JEFF HAD HIS BELLYBUTTON PIERCED. I WAS VERY SHY WHEN ASKING HIM IF I COULD SEE IT, BUT I KNEW I WOULD BE REALLY MAD AT MYSELF IF I DIDN'T. SO, I ASKED HIM AND WHEN HE WAS DONE LAUGHING AT ME, HE PULLED HIS SHIRT UP FOR ME TO SEE.

THEY ASKED ME IF I HAD ANYMORE QUESTIONS FOR THEM AND IF THE MEETING WAS EVERYTHING I WANTED IT TO BE. I TOLD THEM YES, IT WAS DEFINITELY EVERYTHING I HAD HOPED FOR AND MORE BECAUSE ALL I REALLY WANTED TO DO IS HANG OUT WITH THEM AND GET TO KNOW THEM BETTER AS MATT, JEFF AND AMY, INSTEAD OF THE HARDY BOYZ AND LITA, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.

BEFORE LEAVING, MATT, JEFF AND LITA SAID IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING ME AND THEN THEY ALL GAVE ME A HUG AND A KISS. I THANKED THEM AGAIN AND THEN WE SAID GOODBYE.

AS SOON AS THEY WALKED OUT THE DOOR I ALMOST STARTED TO CRY, BUT I DIDN'T BECAUSE EVERYBODY SAID I WOULD AND I ALWAYS SAID I WOULDN'T. SO IF I HAD OF CRIED, I WOULD'VE NEVER LIVED IT DOWN.

LITA WAS STILL THERE WHEN I WAS WAITING FOR THE ELEVATOR AND WHEN I WAS GETTING ON IT, SHE CAME TOO AND SAID SHE WANTED TO WALK ME OUT. SO, DOWNSTAIRS WE SAID GOODBYE AGAIN, THEN SHE WENT BACK UP AND MY MOTHER AND I LEFT.

AS SOON AS I GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL I CALLED MY FRIEND TO TELL HER ALL ABOUT IT. ESPECIALLY, THE HUG AND KISS FROM JEFF. I ALSO BRAGGED TO MY BROTHER ABOUT LITA BEING THERE AND HIM MISSING IT ALL. HE GOT MAD BECAUSE I DIDN'T GO BACK AND GET HIM WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE WAS GOING TO BE THERE.

THAT NIGHT WHEN I WENT TO RAW, I WORE MY JERSEY AND MY CHAIN SO EVERYBODY WOULD KNOW I WAS A HARDY BOYZ FAN. BEFORE IT STARTED, SOME GUY THAT WORKED THERE GAVE ME A POSTER OF LITA AND A 8X10 PHOTO OF THE HARDYZ.

THE WHOLE SHOW WAS AWESOME! I THINK IT'S SO TRUE WHEN THEY SAY "THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT LIVE" AND EVEN THOUGH THE HARDY BOYZ LOST THAT NIGHT TO THE DUDLEY BOYZ, I STILL THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING.

THE NEXT DAY, WE GOT ON THE PLANE TO COME HOME. I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO LEAVE, BUT I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE BACK. I'M SO GLAD I GOT THE CHANCE TO NOT ONLY MEET THEM, BUT TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM AND GET TO KNOW THEM BETTER AS PEOPLE RATHER THEN SUPERSTARS. AS A FAN OF TEAM EXTREME, I HOPE THEY KNOW HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO ME, HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED IT AND THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET IT OR THEM.