I got to speak in front of a million people today......

It may have been Kirk's birthday today but selfishly, I was the one who got a pretty cool present.

See, some people have fantasies of meeting their sports hero or famous movie star. Me.....I have a fantasy of one day meeting Jim Cramer from Mad Money. I know, I know. He's old enough to be my dad and he's kinda nerdy in a 60 year old version of Alex P. Keaton kind of way. But he's kind of my secret crush. If Kirk can have a "thing" for Samantha Brown on the travel channel, I can have mine.

Here's how it went down:
I called in to Mad Money earlier in the week and left a message about asking Jim Cramer what he thought about Anadarko Petroleum. This morning, I had a message on my machine from a guy from the show asking me to be a part of the Lightning round segment and to call back at 1:15pm. I was giddy. I started to write down what it was I was going to say. I wrote how I wanted to start by saying, "Jim Cramer? THE Jim Cramer? I've got a living in Mesa, Az but wishing I was still back in Bucks County BOOYAH for ya!" Then I would go on to tell him how I had a dream of meeting him some day and shaking his hand. Then I was going to wish Kirk a happy birthday ( see....I wasn't being completely selfish ). Then I was going to ask about a company called XTO but I was told by the 16 year old intern screener that he had already covered XTO a lot that week and if I had another stock I wanted to ask him about. So, I decided I'd go back to my original question about Anadarko Petroleum. Poor kid. He obviously didn't know his stuff because he asked me what the symbol for Anadarko was. Sigh. I secretly wanted his job too.

At 1:15, I called. While on hold, I rehearsed my lines over and over and over. Should I inflect "Booyah" like a casual "booyah" or with emphasis like "booYAH"? Or maybe "BOOyah"? My stomach was in knots and I felt like a little girl with a school girl crush. I sat on hold for 1 1/2 hours. Yes. You read that right. Luckily it was Ian's nap time and shockingly the older kids weren't too hungry at dinner from all of the granola bars I kept throwing at them to keep them quiet. I hid in Lauren's room so if my turn came, kids wouldn't be heard screaming in the back ground.

About an hour into my hold time, a girl came on and told me that they ran out of time during the Lightning round but to hang on so that I could be in the "Sudden Death" segment at the very end. The nerves started to fade as did my script I had been rehearsing for the last hour. I starting thinking about how rude it was of those people who took up MY time during the Lightning round which prevented me from having a turn to live out my dream. So not fair.

Then a lady comes back on and said the Sudden Death segment was about to start and that I was the first to go! I was told that I wasn't allowed to "chit chat" or say "booyah" I just had to give my stock. My nerves picked up again. I couldn't believe I was about to talk to Jim Cramer. My hero! My idol! My guru!

Suddenly, I heard a loud noise of nothing that made any sense. In the background I heard a very faint but familiar voice. It was Jim saying, "Let's go to Lisa in Arizona! Lisa............."

Holy cow! That's ME!!!!!!

I suddenly felt like the kid from "A Christmas Story". You know, when it was finally his turn to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas but all he could say was "Uh......football".

My "football" line was "Hey Cramer! What's your take on Anadarko Petroleum symbol APC?"

Then I heard, "Anadarko?" which might was well have been "Ho.... Ho..... Ho..........." and a big, black, shiny boot in the face.

Then the line went dead. I have no idea what he said after that until the show aired.

Some day.......I WILL meet Jim Cramer. For now, you can see how famous I really ( think I ) am.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=803042558

Happy Birthday Kirk!