Wimbledon

This morning I had an interesting thing happen to me. I woke up and went the restroom early in the morning before my alarm rang...I leaned over my bed to look at my computer and noticed watery brown sticky gunk all over the top of my computer. My first thought was that the girl in the bunk above me had accidentally spilled soda over the edge of our bunk. I then realized that there was a leak in the ceiling that had started in the middle of the night and drenched my computer...just my luck!
Of course the leak would start right over my computer and drench my computer inside and out. My hope was that when I opened the lid that my keyboard would be clean and all I would have to do was clean the top cover off, but my hopes quickly faded when I lifted the lid to a soaked keyboard. You would all of me…the following hours involved no tears or frustration. I stayed calm and took my computer into the Apple store as soon as it opened at 10am. My girlfriends were the sweetest and helped me out with the whole process. I am so lucky to have amazing friends here.
The man at Apple was skeptical about whether or not the hard drive would be able to be recovered. Later that day I got a call about what he had found. He told me that although my hard drive was recovered (barely), there were over 10 components that were ruined.
Repairs would cost more than replacing a computer. This is when my heart rate began to rise. Would cover the cost of a brand new Mac? What if they didn’t? He then proceeded to tell me that because of the situation they were willing to replace it completely for free! Then the tears came out of gratitude. It was the biggest relief ever. I am currently using a friends computer waiting for my computer to be shipped here from the United Sates…yes I do need a $ sign and not a pound sign and I need the US computer that is compatible with US software. Two weeks! 

Amidst the madness, we decided that we needed to get out and go somewhere. Wimbledon was on our list of things to see and it is only a 30 minute tube ride out of London…it was way more incredible than I thought.
Let me start off by saying that I am in no way a tennis player, but after this visit, I wish I was. I loved seeing all the fun tennis gear and the courts. I still can’t believe I stood in the place where history is made, tears and sweat are shed for the title, and thousands travel to come see the matches every year.
The courts were much smaller than I imagined. They fit many people into a small space. I expected to walk into a huge arena, but the space is much more intimate than that. It was still so incredible to stand where I did and think about how many people would love to see what I was seeing at that moment. I really had no idea that it was so close to downtown London.
Our trip included seeing the courts, the museum, the gift shop and pausing to eat/talk on the phone to the Apple man.
It was an amazing day. I wish all of you reading this that are big tennis fans could have been right there with me. I will never miss watching some of Wimbledon now that I have been there and seen it all in person. It really is an incredible place!