The day the music died (almost)

So the super bowl was a great night and a not so great night for me. Of course it was great because the G men beat the so called greatest team ever. The hefty lefty got a ring. The reason it was not so great was a drowned my ipod. So let paint a picture. It was the third quarter and tom brady just got drilled as he released the ball. So I was thrilled, I placed my drink on the landing and it slipped. Coke zero poured down the landing, on the stairs, and on the floor. In the middle of an ocean of pop was my poor ipod. I reached for and dried it off and held it. My poor wife came running in with towels to save the carpet. I was more worried about my ipod. I mean come on you can take a carpet shampooer to the floor and it will be fine. There is nothing you can go for an ipod. So we cleaned the the floor and I decided to wait till after the game to work on my ipod. After the game I tried to turn it on. Nothing...... No blinking, no noise, just nothing, it was dead. So my wonderful wife texted our friends and did some research. She found out out the you need to let it dry out. So I put it to the side and let it be. I waited untill 11:30 pm eastern standard time on Monday the 02/04/2008 to try it again. It was more than 24 hours since the terrible tragety. I said and simple prayer, God please don't let my ipod die, I don't want to spend 200 to buy a new one. I turned it on and, the ipod came back from the dead. Nothing is wrong with it, and it is like it never happened. The lessoned learned here is to keep the toys far away from the drinks.