Sorry, blogger fans, but the last couple of weeks have put a drain on your intrepid author. I can't seem to shake this cold I had and the work assignments have tuckered me out to the point where I just didn't feel up to blogging... (Imagine the thought of me not sharing and not having the energy to talk--heaven forbid!). When I last spoke to you I had scored tickets to the Fiesta Bowl and had a great time there. I managed to get the same assignment for the the Packer-Cardinal playoff game that I had last week. Plus, I got another gig the Saturday before the playoff game.
Let me get back on track here, if I can... (running off on a tangent, how unlike me). Sunday, Jan 3, I was assigned to the single ticket parking lot on Bethany Home Road and 95th street. So the lot consisted of 95% Green Bay Packer fans. My job was to walk the lot and make sure there were no altercations and to enforce the "dumbass" rule... no charcoal fires in the parking lot. It seems that someone, somewhere at some point had a charcoal fire in a parking lot and decided to to push it under his car before he went into the game... (you guessed it--KA-BOOM). Hence, the "dumbass" rule... (see also the warnings that coffee contents are hot and that Preparation H is not an oral medication). Let me tell you, the Packer fans were gracious, generous and a lot of fun. Offers of brats and homemade potato salad filled the afternoon... (Useless piece of information for the day--the bratwurst was made famous in Wisconsin in the 1920's and introduced in Milwaukee County Stadium in 1953. They still have "brat races" during games). So I'm walking around and a woman is face painting her friends and she asks me if she could paint a large yellow "G" on my head in exchange for culinary favors (the aforementioned brats). Why not? So the rest of the game I wore a huge "G" on my head and when I tipped my cap to the Packer fans going to the game, I was deluged by photo requests and high-fives... (the "Polish Princess" is supposed to send me copies of the pictures, so stay tuned).
The next week, I was called for a special assignment on Saturday afternoon to work a "Packer" rally at a local sports bar. They were expecting upwards of 1,000 fans and so they needed security to keep things calm. I stationed myself in front of the stage and tried to keep the fans from getting too close. Met Packer great Jerry Kramer (the offensive lineman who threw the famous block for Bart Starr to beat the Cowboys in the Ice Bowl game in 1967). Another trivia tidbit! Also met Mike Murphy, the President of the Packers, Robert Brooks a former wide receiver, and 1,000 of my new Packer friends... (I actually met people who remembered the "G man" from the previous week). Packed to the walls but not one incident... (them Packer fans can hoist some drinks!) Also got to watch my J-E-T-S kick the Bengals ass again... (a separate blog will be forthcoming about my teams) on several humongous screens. Then on Sunday I was back in the same lot for the Playoff game and saw many of my new friends from the rally and last week's game... (I have several invitations to visit Wisconsin and one from a golfer in Montana). The only drawback was that I couldn't watch the fireworks of that playoff game (51-45! DE-FENSE! NOT!). Disappointed fans, but again not one incident and that made the job a cake walk... Thanks, Packer fans.
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