Wimbledon - Day 17
Woke up this morning feeling more refreshed than I have in the entire time I have been here. It was amazing how much getting to sleep next to Colleen meant to me as well. I got up and got ready for the venue trek while I let Colleen sort of take her own time. She's much more sure of herself here, and a good deal of that is of course because of the lack of language barriers, and so I wasn't worried about getting her out and about to wander here.
Play started at noon again today, and while the weather looked threatening, we did not see any rain leading up to the start of the men's final at 2 PM. That was impressive, and there were even bursts of sun through the clouds as we saw the day start. It almost assured we would not have a Monday final, and I'd narrowly escape having to scramble to make changes to my travel plans. The trip in was alone again. I have to admit, I don't really mind that at all. I threw on the headset, and jammed my way up to the gates once again.
I managed to acquire a ground's pass for Colleen, so I got her in gate 5 around 1:30. She had walked up from the tube station, and had bought the t-shirts we needed as souvenirs from the stand along the way. After getting her into the grounds, we popped down to the food village and had some fish and chips and a pimm's number 1 cup. She admitted it wasn't bad at all. Since I was working, I had to leave her to her own devices and head down to the hole. We did meet up one last time as she got bored (there is only so much you can do without a seat in the good courts) and wanted to go wander back to the tube stop and then back to the hotel. I had suggested that she might need to come back to the venue closer to the end of play, and she didn't seem too thrilled by that but she knows I prefer at least a bit of polite gamesmanship and team unity. In the end, I am sure if I press she'd do it for me. That might mean I have to take a mandatory trip on the London Eye but at the same time, after finding this site, I may take one anyway. It is an enclosed capsule, not an open seat like the ferris wheels I have been white knuckled on before.
Play ended at a very reasonable time. I chose at the end to avoid the dinner with the greater team as they were going for Thai, and we had eaten Thai yesterday. That means I get to take a tube trip back to the hotel and then find somewhere for dinner with my wife. I like the team, and I appreciate their open arms during the event, but I have missed my wife and I want to go spend time with her. I will say I got a couple of glasses of champagne to toast a successful event.
I also chose to wait to do the booking for the London Eye. I want Colleen to see our options and let her make the choice. I have decided I'll suck it up and go on the ride, so maybe I'll have a horror story to share about my white knuckle time on the thing. Maybe I'll surprise myself and actually not be totally freaked out. Right now, the anxiety is high. 135 meters is a pretty high structure, even if it is supposed to be safe.
Wrapped everything up that I could. I had to struggle to get the phone headset disconnected. The UK telephony folks broke off the tabs for the handset and the line into the phone, so moving things around wasn't all that easy. Still, I had all my stuff packed up and out of the way for tomorrow.
Colleen and I wound up having a quiet dinner and then to bed early. Tomorrow promises to be a busy day.
Cheers!
Play started at noon again today, and while the weather looked threatening, we did not see any rain leading up to the start of the men's final at 2 PM. That was impressive, and there were even bursts of sun through the clouds as we saw the day start. It almost assured we would not have a Monday final, and I'd narrowly escape having to scramble to make changes to my travel plans. The trip in was alone again. I have to admit, I don't really mind that at all. I threw on the headset, and jammed my way up to the gates once again.
I managed to acquire a ground's pass for Colleen, so I got her in gate 5 around 1:30. She had walked up from the tube station, and had bought the t-shirts we needed as souvenirs from the stand along the way. After getting her into the grounds, we popped down to the food village and had some fish and chips and a pimm's number 1 cup. She admitted it wasn't bad at all. Since I was working, I had to leave her to her own devices and head down to the hole. We did meet up one last time as she got bored (there is only so much you can do without a seat in the good courts) and wanted to go wander back to the tube stop and then back to the hotel. I had suggested that she might need to come back to the venue closer to the end of play, and she didn't seem too thrilled by that but she knows I prefer at least a bit of polite gamesmanship and team unity. In the end, I am sure if I press she'd do it for me. That might mean I have to take a mandatory trip on the London Eye but at the same time, after finding this site, I may take one anyway. It is an enclosed capsule, not an open seat like the ferris wheels I have been white knuckled on before.
Play ended at a very reasonable time. I chose at the end to avoid the dinner with the greater team as they were going for Thai, and we had eaten Thai yesterday. That means I get to take a tube trip back to the hotel and then find somewhere for dinner with my wife. I like the team, and I appreciate their open arms during the event, but I have missed my wife and I want to go spend time with her. I will say I got a couple of glasses of champagne to toast a successful event.
I also chose to wait to do the booking for the London Eye. I want Colleen to see our options and let her make the choice. I have decided I'll suck it up and go on the ride, so maybe I'll have a horror story to share about my white knuckle time on the thing. Maybe I'll surprise myself and actually not be totally freaked out. Right now, the anxiety is high. 135 meters is a pretty high structure, even if it is supposed to be safe.
Wrapped everything up that I could. I had to struggle to get the phone headset disconnected. The UK telephony folks broke off the tabs for the handset and the line into the phone, so moving things around wasn't all that easy. Still, I had all my stuff packed up and out of the way for tomorrow.
Colleen and I wound up having a quiet dinner and then to bed early. Tomorrow promises to be a busy day.
Cheers!
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