2010 Olympics

After 3 tries, we finally were able to get tickets! There were 2 sessions in the fall, and we weren't able to get anything. Yesterday was the 3rd try. It was a pretty rough day... the site kept delaying the opening time, but when they finally opened I was one of the first people on (12pm, instead of 10am). I chose tickets for 3 events and put them in my cart. So you know how when you order something there is often a bar across with a few steps to show you how far you are in the process? There were 4 dots. The first dot was the cart. I had selected everything I wanted and hit Proceed to the second dot. The email we had gotten said that you could hold items for only 45 min in your cart. It was only 12:10 or so now. So the second page was the credit card info, which I filled out. I hit Proceed. The third page had a list of rules to agree to, and a confirmation of your credit card info and the ticket info. I hit Proceed. Then nothing happened. It sat there for about 4 minutes. I was so worried, and all of a sudden it kicked me back out to the first cart page. I had been praying the whole time. But my tickets were still there, so I did it again. It already had my credit card info, so I proceeded again, not sure if I would be getting 2 sets of tickets, or one. This time after about 30 seconds from the 3rd page, same place I was last time, it said that My Session had Timed out and My Cart Was Empty. When I spoke with Kipp he said that his company send the same message when their server is overloaded. No way to know if I had gotten far enough in the process for it to register or not, or if my tickets had gone back to the general pool. I was still logged on their site, but I didn't seem to have any tickets. I continued to pray! By now it was about 12:18. I tried to go look for tickets, but all the events we had wanted were sold out now. I kept checking my email for a confirmation note, but nothing came. I cried a bit. I tried calling their phone number, but it was busy for over an hour, and I gave up (I didn't try continuously, just every few minutes). I sent them an email, but not with much hope. Later in the day, after 3pm, with still no contact at all, I got through their line and left a message, again without much hope. I checked my email throughout the day, and at 6pm, right before I left for Bible study.

At 8:45, when I got home from my bible study there was my confirmation note from Co-Sport! I had gotten all the tickets I wanted, and we are going! God is so good! I don't know anyone else right now who has tickets. The whole family will be going to Short track speed skating and men's ice hockey, and I will also be going to men's figure skating - short program. I am one happy girl!