That's right, I'm back in my air-conditioned office while wishing I was getting ready to head out to sun-soaked Ray Nitschke Field later this afternoon.

Unfortunately, real life must intrude.

While I have a moment before the daily grind returns to crush the spirit out of me, I wanted to give a few quick shout-outs to some people that I met while I was in Green Bay.

First of all, I met Bob McGinn. Now, I know he'll never read this, but just for the sake of posterity, I wanted to put down in pixels that watching McGinn work the assistant coaches as they walked from the Hutson Center back to Lambeau Field was like being on-set with Martin Scorsese. Truly a master at work.

Next, I wanted to say "thank you" to everyone who showed up for our Tweet Up at Titletown Brewery last Friday night. It was great being able to put faces with names (or, as the case may be, faces with Twitter-handles...) Guys like Pete Seroogy, Andrew Belonger and  C.D. Angeli. A special thanks to Greg Bedard, Rob Demovsky and Kareem Copeland who showed up, even though Greg and Rob had appeared on a local television program earlier in the evening and the last thing any of the guys probably wanted to do with their last night of freedom before the madness of camp began was to hang out with a bunch of Internet geeks. But show-up they did. Means a lot guys. Thanks. (And yes Wilde, you suck.)

Of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't say a big, public "thank you" to everyone on the Packers P.R. staff who were so generous with their time and attention during the shareholders meeting. Jeff Blumb, Aaron Popkey, Sarah Quick, Megan O'Keefe and especially John Butnick, were extremely welcoming, even though having a bunch of bloggers running loose around Lambeau Field is no doubt high on their list of things they'd like to avoid.

Speaking of Blumb, I finally had a chance to sit down and talk to him face-to-face. Obviously, we have somewhat differing opinions on the role fan-bloggers should be playing when it comes to covering the Packers. It was, however, very nice to be able to chat and get to know him a little bit. And I feel compelled to add that, while we do have the occasional mildly-contentious back-and-forth on Twitter, he has been nothing but fair and professional when dealing with myself and Cheesehead TV, and that's really all I can ask for...I mean, besides credentials. ;)

(Funny moment - after one morning practice, Popkey found Brian Carriveau and I typing away in the Frozen In Time Ice Cream Parlor. Hey, if the Packers won't give us access to the media workrooms, we have to produce our content somewhere...)

Speaking of Brian, it was great to finally meet the guy who's blog I've been reading since before there was a Cheesehead TV. Railbird Central really inspired me to start putting down my crazy thoughts about the Packers for all to see and it was great to finally meet that inspiration. (What I'm trying to say is...its all Brian's fault.)

Actually, I met so many great people, it's hard to keep track of them all. Got to chat with Jen Lada of Fox Sports while she was up for the day covering camp. We talked about everything from football to raising our kids - she is definitely good peeps.  (I was with her when the Favre-retirement stuff broke. There's nothing like a breaking Favre story to send television people scurrying) I got to meet Bill Michaels, which was beyond surreal given how much time I spent listening to him on the radio when I lived in Wisconsin. (I have to say, more than any media member, Bill draws a crowd quickly, and could not have been more gracious to the people asking him for autographs. Good to see.) I even got to introduce myself to Will Blackmon when we both happened to be at the Best Buy down the street from Lambeau. (Will and I have had a couple go-arounds on Twitter, but he was a nice as could be.)

Finally, I know I'll leave people out of this whole "All-The-Awesome-People-I-Met" list but that is only because I was overwhelmed by all the wonderful, engaging individuals I had the pleasure of speaking with. Whether it was fellow bloggers like Alex Tallitsch and Max Ginsberg (who were just awesome) or Paige Pearson introducing herself to me at the shareholders meeting, it was as though my Twitter feed had come to life.

The most memorable moment of the whole trip though had to be shortly after a night practice when one guy came up to me, shook my hand and said "Oh my God, Aaron Nagler. I love your site. I love what you do man, keep it up."

That right there? Pretty much made my week. If you read this - thanks man.