Something Good From Covid

 Finally, something good for me has come out of Covid. 

I have a sealed pack of Topps cards for every year from 1969 forward.  Getting one for 2021 has been a real bugger, though.  There’s none to be found in the local Walmart or Meijer.  But thanks to Covid  I was finally able to find a pack.

Allow me to explain….

• I’m a school principal and Covid has made this year a real challenge

• Kids and staff have to wear masks all day, which is not fun

• We had a fairly mild winter by Michigan standards, and didn’t use many snow days

• I decided to use a snow day last Friday and give everyone a day free from masks

• Mrs. WW and I made plans to use the day off and take a long weekend for bike riding.

• We chose to do some rail-trails in southern Ohio.

• On Saturday we rode from Springfield to Urbana and back, about 30 miles total.  

• We walked around town when we got to Urbana and, low and behold, found a card shop, Sideline Sports. We went in.  I had a nice conversation with the owner.

• The shop had 2021 retail packs!  I grabbed three, one for the wall and two for ripping

• Without Covid, no bike trip and no 2021 packs.  So thank you Covid, I guess

My wall now has all the packs from 1969 through 2021.

And below you can see how the display has grown over the years.  The top picture is from 2009 and the rest are from 2012 - 2021.