Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Future Of Sports Cards Uncensored

These last few weeks have been a whirling dervish of ridiculousness in the hobby, and it has not been much different around the Gellman household either. First off, my wife is about to begin month eight of the pregnancy, and is getting to the point where she just hates being that way. You know how that gets. At work, things have been crazy as well, and when you add in what is coming next week, things are starting to get nuts.


To start, come next week, things are going to have to slow down a little round these parts. On thursday I am going to be having some surgery, mostly to help improve my life by losing a lot of weight that I have put on due to my Diabetes. Make all the fat jokes while you can, because I wont be fat for much longer. That is going to put a dent in my posts per day for a week or two, so dont start sending me hate mail if I am not returning your questions as quickly as before.

As if that wasnt enough, the baby is due April 25th, so at that point, my free time is going to start looking a lot more sparse. That means posting around here will most likely have to drop a little as well, so again, no hate mail.

Then, to put a fucking cherry on top of everything, I am being promoted at work in June, forcing me to uproot our life in California and trek to San Antonio where I will be starting on June 7th. Yes, my newly healed body, brand new baby, and stressed out wife will be moving over 1000 miles to our new home in Texas. How do you like them apples, right?

So, to sum up, my life is going to be hell for the next few months, and I am very much expecting SCU to be the first casualty. Although I am far from calling it quits, I am not sure how I will keep up the pace I am running at now. To help supplement my loss of time, there may be a few new faces posting here on the site, which makes me very happy to get some new blood around here. I guess its safe to say that if things do get crazier than they already are, I will definitely have great support for this site that has been my baby over the last two years. However, now that I actually have a real baby to deal with, hopefully my love for writing here will not have a fatal blow.

Thanks to all of the people who have already offered their support, my family and I definitely appreciate it.

19 comments:

  1. Although things will certainly be crazy, enjoy this time together, be patient with each other, and best of luck to both of you. Becoming a Dad and tackling a move and a promotion is a big undertaking and it is great you are doing something to look out for your health prior to the stress that is to come. All the best to you and your family and please know I'm here to help in even the most seemingly trivial way.

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  2. I think it's great that you will be taking time away for all the important things you listed above. You have defined your priorities. You'll be taking care of yourself, your wife, your child, and improving your life as a whole. Your blog is an extension of your love for the hobby, but we all take breaks from the hobby - this will be yours. Good luck, man.

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  3. congrats. good luck with everything

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  4. Wow, that truly is a ridiculous list of big events in such a short time! I wish you the best of luck with everything.

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  5. Woa, that seems like a whole lot at the same time.

    But family comes first, that's the law. even if we love the hobby.

    Take care of yourself man, you're doing a great job here and we'll stick around even if it's scarce for a while.

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  6. Thanks for all the support, it means a lot.

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  7. best of luck, hope everything works out for you

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  8. Sometimes life gets in the way. All understood.

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  9. Good luck on the surgery and the life changing. I got diagnosed this year myself and it has most definitely been a biiiigggg lifestyle change. I wish you the best, my friend.

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  10. Good luck in all of your journeys the next several months. All of the things you are going through sound like it is going to be a ton of work, but I am sure they will all enrich your life more than you could ever imagine. And whenever you are ready to write here, we'll be ready to read!

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  11. Congrats on it all Gellman. I have to say your one of my favorite blogs to read. We'll get by till you get back to it. Seem like a crazy time of year for everybody me included. And I hear that San Antonio is very nice.

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  12. Alright! Just joking.

    Your family should always be your priority, so taking care of them is what you should do first. I may not alays agree with you, but I know that.

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  13. Good luck Gellman, take all the time that you need in order to get all your business in order, hopefully all goes well!

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  14. Get well soon, congratulations, and good luck with the job & move! My advice to you is to sleep all you can now, because once that baby comes you can forget about getting a full night's sleep for a loooong time.

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  15. Congrats. You'll look back on 2010 as a great year of transition on to bigger and better things. Take care.

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  16. congrats on the new child and getting out of california! I think you'll love Texas much better in the long run - at least getting out of the state should be nice if I believe what some California transplants have told me when I asked about it.

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