Fighting sub-degree temps, trying to be employed by the Packers, and gaining another life adventure

I had many people question my insanity when I told them that I was moving to Green Bay, Wisconsin. It's too cold there! It snows a lot! What in the world would cause you to move there? On days like this, I ask myself the same question; but then on days like this I see what makes the people of Green Bay special.

The Packers are in the playoffs and with all the snow we got; they asked the community for 500 workers to shovel the stadium. They were paying ten dollars an hour and to me sounded like a great life story. I should also say that it was -1 degrees and with a wind chill of like -20! I loaded up my gear and wanted to experience this!

I got there shortly before 10 am which was the start time that Green Bay had said. As I waited in line, I got to know quite a few guys. The line moved slowly and it wasn't very long until we realized that apparently there was already about 500 people in the stadium working. Looking ahead in line there had to at least be 200 people in front of me! I could end my story with I waited in line for an hour and a half, I was able to get close to the front of the line and into the grounds crew room, and then was sent home...Wow, bummer, I froze in line for a long time and didn't get to scoop one shovel of snow! As I think over the time I spent I realized I had a pretty cool experience despite not working or being "employed by the Green Packers."

On the radio this week we talked about work. A question came up if you could do anything you wanted and money wasn't an issue; what would you do? Today, I saw something people would do. Yes, they were paying $10 an hour and there were plenty of people that needed work; but I think the majority of people were there for the experience. Even more amazing, I found out when the first people showed up it was 4:45 am! Now that is dedication. People sure love their Packers and people sure love experience and people sure love a cause. They loved it so much they were willing to wait in line with negative degree temps! They loved it so much to wait despite the chance of being turned away!

You see here in Green Bay, people have learned that you can't do anything about the cold. You can only prepare for it! Wear warmer clothes. Protect yourself. Stay positive and push through the cold. And today, I did it with them! What a story! What an adventure! My only reward might have been to see people who came out for a cause or an experience despite the cold weather. Oh and I might be on the 6 o'clock news as I stood in line...