OH. MY. GOSH!

Oh, that smile melts my heart....

Have you ever wanted to do something really, really bad?? Like, you would move heaven and earth do to it? Like, it makes you well up with tears just thinking about it? Well, that's how I feel when I think about meeting Andre Agassi. No lie. I've LOVED him since 1986 when he burst onto the tennis scene with that long, flowing hair, those acid wash shorts he wore over neon orange or green bike shorts, and the most awesome tennis skills known to man. In high school up until I married Hugh, I had a SHRINE of him plastered on my bedroom wall. I had a LIFESIZE CARDBOARD CUT OUT of him in my BEDROOM!!! (That was a birthday gift from my most awesome brother, Scott!!) Well, I was just notified that he....ANDRE AGASSI....will be in Surprise, Arizona playing in the Cancer Treatment Centers of America Championship. (Several other "old school" players will be playing....but none of them matter to me.) Here's my point: I WILL buy tickets...the best I can purchase....to watch the event. And I want to say this.....I WILL MEET HIM. I don't know HOW, but SOMEONE has to know SOMEONE who can help me make this dream come true!!! I figure if I say it...it will come true....you know, "The Secret" style. So, if any of you know anyone who knows someone who can help me with this, let me know. I will be your slave forever.

Classic Andre.....check out them buns!!!!

When he retired after losing in the 3rd round at the US Open...September 3, 2006. I cried and cried and cried as he cried and cried and cried. He received an eight minute standing ovation. Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.

I used to have this poster hanging in my room.

This is my room. Do you see the poster? Top left. See the custom made collage? Framed GQ cover?? The life size cardboard cut out was to the left of this....I couldn't find a picture of it. :(

This is the closest I've ever gotten to him. This was in Scottsdale in the 90's. He played John McEnroe.

See my shirt???

By the way, not only is he an amazing tennis player....the greatest male player EVER in my opinion, but he is also one of the most charitable people around. He started the Andre Agassi Foundation which is dedicated to improving the lives of at-risk children through its support of recreational and educational programs. Awesome! His foundation puts on this huge gala every year, and a few years ago Ellen DeGeneres was going to attend at his request. I wrote to her EVERY DAY for a month BEGGING her to take me. No luck. :( But I feel as though my luck is about to change!!!