Slow going

 The last few days have been slow going in regards to my uncle. Friday and Saturday were good days. Sunday was so so, and yesterday and today just nothing although is is more alert tonight.

I did go to Jax. on Saturday. I only visited two tables, spent all of my time at those tables.

The first was at Fred's table (not my uncle). Usually this is where I get the best deals, but not on this trip. Still good though.

I picked up almost 500 cards individually picked after sorting through boxes and boxes. Wound up paying apx. 40 cents a piece. Pricey for me.

Not the only relic.

Here are two more including the blue parallel. I'm not much of a prospector (unless it is a Brave). But these names were familiar enough for me to grab.

That first Jeter there is nice. Not really sure what it is, some online exclusive thing I'm sure.

Probably don't need those Trouts but I'll find out towards years end.

Boggy rookie for cheap.

A couple of pink pulsars from this year's Chronicles. Those are little tougher than the easy to get purple velocity cards. 

I'll spread the haul (about half the haul from Fred's table was scanned) over the week. Then I will get to the 2nd table where I came home with 1500 cards at a dime a piece. Dime cards are good.

From here to there

 And everywhere in between. It's time to wrap up the long scanned Chronicles running from Timeless Talents to Zenith.

The only thing missing from this set are logos. The design is great and most cards aren't hurt without a logo present.

Eh, not a big fan of Titan. No matter what size you view just seems like another chrome"y" like card.

Titanium is nice, but so is.....

Nice thick card stock too.

And lastly, you have Zenith. Kind of dull looking here, it isn't this bad in hand.

My uncle had a so so day Sunday but Friday and Saturday were both great days.  Today was one of the not good days. 

The Pinnacle that led to a Revolution of Newbies and Stars is a Score

 I couldn't come up with anything better....so.....

This years pinnacle is much in line with every year of Pinnacle, kind of bland. Simple yes, and I like that, but still bland. Maybe the no logo thing hurts his set.

The shish kabobs' over at Panini decided to make Revolution this year as basically an insert. WTF it's a 100 card set. This set since they started has always had a few parallels, this year several more, and none of them make any sense. Otherwise the base is good, I like it.

I believe without the star design these cards might look pretty good.

Panini usually does pretty good with the Score brand, these are nice.

We'll wrap this year's Chronicles up probably on Monday. Just need to get through the weekend.

Now for the uncle update: To keep it somewhat simple I have just copied a response I made on yesterday's post comments: Here we go:

The big problem I'm having is he has given up and wants to die. In his wisdom 3 decades ago he made it clear that sick/ill persons do not make rational decisions and he put his living will in place and kept it updated every five years or so. We last did it in 2018 before his cognitive issues were relevant. Since pulling him off the sleeping pills last year he was better cognitively and physically. Just last month started walking and standing again after not doing so in 3+ years. Wonderful, and as his full POA I am honoring what was his wishes which was under NO circumstance do we give up/pull the plug so to speak even though that is what he wants me to do now. He was wise and knew what he wanted and that once sick would not be able to keep that frame of mind. I completely understand what he was thinking back then and he was right. Living wills are important and rid one from having to make decisions based on purely compassion. That is what Hospice is for. I know that most people choose the opposite way to go without misery and suffering in the living wills, he didn't which also aligns with my own decisions regarding my life and choice. I want to be kept alive unless I am 100% and in writing that I am completely brain dead. Still yet this is so hard.... sickening. I've explained all of this to him, but he is only concerned about his current misery and does not understand that if he would only eat and drink everything (other than the taste thing) is recoverable 100%. He made a wise choice to make me the POA knowing I would keep it all business, but it is so hard even for me. I appreciate those prayers please keep them coming. It won't be long before his dehydration shuts down his kidneys, I am getting protein in him, just not enough fluids.

Then, you have days like today which was almost normal from 10am til 4pm he was great, said his bottom was hurting (massive hemorrhoid) and he will never push, so what's inside must be removed manually (because nothing gets it out as he holds it in) which also "kills him" until your done anyways. I know that's gross, but it is what it is. So, yes a great day today especially when compared to the week we just finished. I need a break so I am actually still going to go to Jax tomorrow. I just pray he has another good day tomorrow.  I feel better getting all of that off my chest. 

The Magnitude of the situation and beyond.

 Dual meaning post title there. My uncle is not faring well. I was able to get the frozen protein shake in him, but other than that he is non responsive two days in a row. I have not given up hope, I won't do that after all I am as stubborn as he is. 

Magnitude to me is by far the toughest to come by at cheap prices.  They are a clear acetate card like the Clear Vision and Clearly Donruss cards.

Over Drive seems to be one of the most common sets.

The Harper in the middle is one of the Holo prizm cards (I still need the base).

Same deal with Ohtani (I need to pull that one out of the binder and replace it with a base card).

I purposely used blue for the text color tonight because that is how I am feeling. Frustrated, sad, angry, and just about everything else.

Wacky Wednesday

 Moving on to the next Wacky set. This one comes via Topps 1957 Goofy Post Cards.

The script on the backs vary, I want to say there are four or five different sayings. The set contains 6 regular size trading cards. I have half of them with the 30 above.

My uncle ate his breakfast, but didn't fall for the protein in the ice cream this afternoon. I'll try again tonight with a different flavor of ice cream. If that doesn't work will try the boost shakes, just will freeze them so they are like ice cream.

Going on a Crusade

 Getting to the middle of the lineup here. This journey will take us through the Crusade which leads to the Elite, you know the Gold Standard of people often leaving a Legacy, Limited as it may be.

My guess is that I am half way done with the multi brand set. That is a bit off target for me, but then again I have yet to complete a whole year yet. I had fun on the three minutes I spent "punning" the set brands at the top of this post. Got to find bright spots where you can.

The Elite are nice looking cards, good and thick too.

Here we go again, I have no idea why 4 of the 5 cards look orange, they are not, they are Gold..... Gold Standard. These are one of the tougher sets to put together. Rather blank looking too.

Yabba Dabba Baddoo

Great stopping point here. Thursday, I'll lead off (loving the baseball verbage) with Magnitude one of the toughest and costlier sets to put together.

My uncle seemed a little more with it this morning, still not his usual which is where he was this weekend, but as the day progresses I hope that he too will do better. It is supposed to get to 70 today. Not bad for being in the very cold recently. Damn Artic air had it down to 19 here without the wind chill. Thank goodness that wind only lasted a day here. We should have 4 days of this 70 degree weather before the next front. Going to get Uncle Fred some sunshine this week.

Night time update on Fred, the day was okay, he wasn't cooperative at dinner. Everything tastes like dirt to him. Nothing I can do about that. He is also protein deficient right now, so I have to sneak that in some how as the two things he spits out the most is chicken and eggs. Hitting the muscle builders section at the Rx tomorrow for some powder, hopefully he won't taste or feel that in some ice cream. Prayers appreciated.