Seven

Greetings everyone. Well, it was quite the week off from work which made it super difficult returning back today, but we'll get back to that in a bit. Last week, I spent the last 7 days driving everywhere and anywhere visiting tons of kids, families and neighborhoods. Franklin, Greendale, Menomonee Falls among others. So many awesome kids excited for a super hero visit. Mia tagged along with us on some the adventures. One of my favorite things we've gotten to do was participate in car parades. I've been riding on top of cars lately and it really makes the quick little visit all the more exciting. People really like it and there's always a bunch of phones snapping pictures or taking videos of Spidey. I personally love seeing the kids all dressed up. One stop had an Iron Man, a Captain America and a tiny little Wonder Woman. So cute.

Mia's been off on Spring Break and returns to her distance learning tomorrow. At the end of the week, it was announced that school wouldn't resume this year, so Mia was a bit surprised but mildly content with it. She's been really missing her friends lately and over the weekend, wanted to do a little "virtual sleepover" but everyone she contacted was busy so she was a bit mopey.

Now this really upset me and Jill: Saturday, I discovered that a large group of idiots were protesting the extended Stay at Home order for the state of Wisconsin. It didn't help that Trump has been tweeting "liberate _insert state here" all over Twitter. So, people showed up on Bluemound road, most not in masks or PPE standing shoulder to shoulder chanting and screaming. Not good. Not good at all. Very scary actually. I understand the reaction and I too, wish things could return, but the cases are  still coming up, people are dying and hospitals are still very very busy. Trump boasted how he wanted to open the states up and because the country really isn't ready yet, he's pissed off. Everyone is. I just hope that any progression we've made in this unfortunate pandemic isn't undone. Florida already opened a beach and they've got a bunch of cases that surfaced recently as well. I've been talking to a lot of nurses that come into the store and they've brought up how difficult it is to having to communicate to families that they can only use FaceTime their loved ones in the hospital that are dying. That is pure heartbreaking. I can't imagine how they have to deal with that and work long long hours while some actually have to sleep in their cars or away from their families. It's difficult, so when I see people getting aggressively angry about the extended Stay at Home thing, it really frustrates me.

Anyways, we got notified about a last minute car parade Saturday, so I suited up and we drove to the house. The family we were surprising were totally excited and that was the end of our Spidey time. The rest of the day, we hung out, made dinner and watched a movie. This has sort of been our routine my week off from work. I honestly am going to miss the daily dinners with the girls. Jill did a video chat with her friends for our buddy Leanne's birthday. Despite the unfortunate circumstances,  the girls had a great time. Mia chatted with Vida and I worked on some football kit designs. I was glad to finally allow myself some time to work in Photoshop on one of my favorite projects. I designed and submitted my kit concept for the USNT the American Outlaws supporters group hosted as well as a USL2 kit concept for the Green Bay Voyagers. The other day, I was working on one for the Green Bay Glory, but Photoshop decided not to work for me so I had to quit for the evening. I did however, make a quit Spidey Vlog which is always fun to update our fans on how things are going from our Spidey tours.

Today, we had an awesome Spidey visit. We drove out to Milwaukee to surprise a boy who turned 8 today. He has Down Syndrome and is super obsessed with super heroes. I knew from the start I'd be arriving on top of the car with a Spider-Man balloon for the child. We rolled up and the neighbor was cracking up and yelled out "well how is my happy birthday song going to match up to this? this is crazy!" I hoped off the car, and little Henry was absolutely THRILLED to see his favorite hero. He was even dressed like me. His smile will stay with me for quite a while. It will go down as one of my favorite visits I've done and I've met a TON of kids. I'm always humbled to be a part of a child's birthday and to see this kiddo light up with excitement just made my day.

This week I'm working my normal hours, I've got some Spidey stops and Mia's back to school. Hopefully I can get some art accomplished. That's all for now, thanks for reading!