On Saturday May 12, my girlfriend and I traveled up to Waukesha, Wisconsin, to meet three Green Bay Packers players. I have yet to meet any Packer players until this day, so with me being a big Packer fan this was pretty amazing. The ride was about two hours long and it was around 120 miles to get up there. On the way up, we passed by Miller Park where the Brewers were playing the Cubs. It was funny to see all of the Cubs fans walking out of the game as the Cubs lost to the Brewers that day, 8-2. We got up there after I passed the place up and had to call them to figure out where they were located. We got there and I could not believe my eyes when I walked in. I saw so many Packer autographs all over along with all types of Packer fans. I felt like I was with my people, there were people who were in from Green Bay for this Packer signing. It is always interesting to see what people bring out to get signed by these players. It ranges from footballs to mini helmets to canvases to cleats. The first thing we did was walk around and experience all of the autographs they had and try to keep the credit cards in our pockets. This was tough because living in Chicago, there are not many Packer autographs around; especially at stores. It was time to get into the autograph line, the first person that was signing was Randall Cobb from 12:30-1:30, then Jordy Nelson from 12:45-1:45 and finally Greg Jennings from 1:00-2:00. We got Cobb first and got to take a picture with him, then after that we hopped right in line for Jordy Nelson and got him pretty quickly and got a picture with him as well. It seemed as though everyone was there for Greg Jennings. So once we got Cobb and Nelson, we got in line for Jennings. Jennings did not show up on time, in fact he was about a half an hour late to the signing. We watched as the line started to move and I was getting more and more nervous as Greg Jennings is my favorite player in the NFL. We saw Nelson and Cobb in a back room signing all types of helmets, pictures, footballs, etc. for people who mailed their items in or for the store itself. Finally it was our time to meet Greg Jennings and I walked up and shook his hand and he stood up for everyone to take pictures with them. We then got a picture with him and I was super pumped up. We then went back in the store and walked around tempting ourselves with great autographs. We both, reluctantly, decided to leave the store with no more autographs. After that, we stopped at McDonald's on the way home and had lunch. We got home and then went bowling for our final day of our fall league. All in all, it was a great day and a pretty awesome signing. After meeting LeSean McCoy, my second favorite NFL player, and Greg Jennings, my favorite NFL player, I would say that I am pretty happy with meeting them two and getting pictures with them. Jennings was actually my 60th autograph signing that I had been to and I plan on going to many more in the future. Here are the pictures from the event:
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