I Become Champion for a moment!

So last week was a short one after not having class on monday due to the Easter holiday/ being in Stockholm. As with the previous two weeks the weather was amazing with sun and every day in the 60s and 70s and little wind or clouds. I enjoyed the nice weather with some afternoon workouts (runs) after class as well as copious amounts of ping pong. I had my last class of the semester on tuesday afternoon so now I am completely focused on working on my project which is due May 26th. We have a lot left to do. We still have to do all the tests in the wind tunnel although we have already run a test to determine the location of the boundary layer however we could guess where it was based on the results from last year. Also we have to finish the computer models and last but not least write the report. So it is crunch time is a bit of an understatement especially with all the delays in the fabrication of out prototype. Hopefully at the beginning of the week of the 16th of May we can run our tests and finish them by the 20th so we have 6 days to finish our report. The models are almost complete however we are stuck in finishing the last few little difficulties with them as well as we must make sure they are producing results that make sense by comparing results to experimental data from already existing models of a straight bladed giromill type VAWTs like the Windspire.
On friday I was getting ready to enjoy my weekend with the friends that would be around including a barbecue on saturday. But before that I got something better. I was playing Vincent, the master of ping pong whom I have yet to beat at that time. He usually just destroys me and every so often I come close but I try again and again just about every day. However on Friday in the second game I started out strong with a 5-0 lead after my round of serving including 4 aces in a row. I had already lost two close games to him so I was heated up and ready to go and I was well focused. Whereas his mind was on other things like his flight to Copenhagen in a few hours. So I battled him the whole game. He was constantly fighting to comeback but I was able to hold the lead even though it shrunk to a score of 19-18 me. But then I scored again and it made it 20-18. At this point I had to use all my strength to suppress my fear of dropping the ball. It was not the first time I had been on the cusp of winning and every other time I could not finish. It was especially difficult because he was serving. But for some amazing reason maybe because he was nervous that I could actually beat him that game he missed the serve and like that I won! I could not believe it. My hard work for three months had finally paid off in that one victorious moment. It definitely phased him as well because the next game due to my momentary victory high and his low I started off with a good lead. He was angrily smashing every single point and missing a lot too. But unfortunately we both settled down and his smashes got more accurate and he snagged another win from me. The rest of are matches we in his favor for that day but none the less victory was mine and I am very proud of it.