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I Was So Tired I Was Tripping My Brains Out!!!

4/20/2013

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Saturday, March 30, 2013, Indian Lakes Resort, Bloomingdale, IL -- Okay, Okay, I've lost track of the number of blogs that I owe you guys. March was an extremely busy month at my real job, so I've fallen waaaaayyy behind on the blogs. I'll catch up again... one day. But thanks to the wonders of technology and a little help from Wayne and Garth, we can go back in time to that pleasant Saturday morning before Easter. Please click on the video below and continue reading.
Well, one week after the Sun-Times Show, two weeks after a double-bill weekend at Orland and Gonzaga, and with just two days off over the previous 30 days from either my day job or a card show, I was soooo tired on this Saturday morning that I was tripping my brains out. Please click on the video below for some trippy music to accompany the rest of this exciting adventure.
I'm not really quite sure how I woke up this morning or how I made it to Bloomingdale and set up my table. The usual egg mcmuffin and coffee were extremely helpful.  We had a nice dealer turn out with the regulars Fred, Willie, Ted, Corky, Mike, joined by Jeff, Del and another dealer who I have seen before but I don't remember his name.

I was pleasantly surprised when a customer with a terrific name, Tony, made my day by purchasing a bunch of 1954 Bowman baseball including a Gil Hodges and Jimmy Piersall. Tony also purchased some 1954 Red Hearts. I've seen Tony around for years and he occasionally makes some nice purchases from me. I really appreciated the purchases today!  Then Adam and a friend purchased a bunch of Cubs from the 1970s.  Kyle's dad, whose name I always forget, purchased a bunch of cards from the 1950s and 1960s.

I chatted with another customer about the West Town neighborhood in Chicago for quite a while. I love hearing old stories about this neighborhood. I have lived in several different apartments in West Town in the past and my great-grandparents settled there from Poland in the late 1800's. My grandmother graduated from West Town's Tuley High School, now called Roberto Clemente, in 1925. I have her high school yearbooks. Famous alums of Tuley include Knute Rockne, Saul Bellow, and Mike Todd.  My grandmother is pictured below in her Tuley yearbook, middle row. She died about 20 years ago at age 89. Oddly, the first thing I thought about when she died was that she lived 89 years and never saw the Cubs win a World Series. 

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Anyway, we didn't have a whole lot of customers at the Bloomingdale show which was understandable being the day before Easter. A lot of folks were out of town this weekend. I did buy a few cards, some 1971-72 Topps basketball. I love the old basketball cards. I actually like anything old. Old stuff is cool.

I stopped off at Portillo's on my way home. Once home, I unloaded the car then went out and picked up some Easter candy and some Legos to give my kids on Easter. I couldn't get the kids to go to sleep that night. Did I mention how tired I was? Well, I had to stay up until the wee hours in the morning to hide some Easter eggs around the house. It was worth it, though. The kids loved it. But I was so tired on Sunday morning that I was tripping my brains out. Please click trippy music video again.  More blogs on the way!!

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