Ellen (i.e. mum or mom) arrived this morning around 11:30 and is enjoying herself in the chilly/rainy environment of London. Unfortunately she couldn't get into her hotel room until 3pm because of all the people staying later for Wimbledon. Instead she's doing a little bus tour. It will be relaxing and mom will be happy. Although if you check out my guestbook you'll see that my mom was not happy I didn't tell her about this site. I thought she knew about it, but I guess she didn't know that I would be documenting my travels on the site. Oh well. She's here now so no big deal.

So back to Wimbledon. Yesterday's final was so exciting, if you didn't get to check it out. It went 5 sets and Ivanisevich won the last set 9-7 after double faulting twice on championship point. It was definitely a nail biter. I listened to the game on the radio, which was a first for me. It is a very different experience listening to sports on the radio because you're not really sure when to respond to what's going on. Since you're not sure exactly what's going on you don't really know when to jump up with excitement and you can't really get mad about a ball that was inches from being out. It takes some of the fun out of it but lets you use your imagination a bit. I could just feel the tension that must have been mounting in Ivanisevich's head. Having lost in the finals three times and being on championship point up 8 games to 7. Uh, I was dying so I could only imagine his pain. When I did see the highlights it was clear that it was an unbelievable relief for him to finally win.

On another note, I think it is interesting how Nanette from Amplified to Rock is quite similar to our friend JP. We've had similar comparisons in the past, but both of them celebrated their birthdays (that are only 5 days off mind you) by going bowling with all their friends. This may seem like a small thing on its own, but if you know JP or you read Amplified then you would know what I'm talking about. Oh, and if you want Nanette to send you a letter just go here and she'll take care of you.

Time to finish work so I can see mommy! Ya gotta love mommies.