Brian was so excited when I told him that Mike Ditka was going to be at our local grocery store signing autographs on his wine and salsa bottles today. He took Austin and a friend of Austin's with him. They arrived at 5:20 PM and luckily didn't have to wait outside. Ditka didn't start signing autographs until 6pm and there was quite a line, so they didn't actually get to meet him until almost 8:30. We have a nice Chicago Bears Super Bowl Championship mug that Brian actually inherited from his Uncle Bruce that died a few years ago.
Any of you who know Brian well can imagine how excited he was to meet Mike Ditka... NFL Legend who coached the Bears to win the Super Bowl in 1985.
When they got up there, Brian asked the lady if she would take a picture of them with Mike Ditka. As he was signing the mug, Brian and the boys got behind the table to get the picture when out of nowhere Ditka yelled "keep it moving we have people in line here" Brian doesn't exaggerate much and he said it was really loud. Actually I asked Austin and his friend what they thought of Mike Ditka and all they could say was he yelled really loud.
When Brian came home and I asked him how it felt meeting Mike Ditka he told me his heart was still beating really fast. I said , "that cool, huh?" He said No... he yelled at me and it scared me.
He doesn't look very nice in his picture either. Oh well, at least it allows for a good story.
2 comments:
WoW~ That's pretty exciting Brian! I'm not much a sports fan, but i do remember when they won the superbowl, or maybe i just remember the superbowl shuffle?!?!
sheila
What a meanie! That is pretty cool though.
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