This girl is going to see Garth Brooks...AGAIN!
Let me go back and remind you that when I was younger and Garth "retired", I said, "Mark my words, he will come out of retirement and I WILL see him live!"
Fast forward to 5 years ago when he announced he was back. I called in "sick" to work at the Y (shhh) so I could try to get tickets to the very first show in Chicago. I got tickets for the 2nd show and I was ecstatic...but karma got me. I ended up in the hospital with pregnancy complications and had to sell our tickets.
Then he came to St. Louis, but James was only a month old, and there was no way I could do it (but believe me I wanted too)
2015, mom and I saw him in Omaha, NE. Kendra went along for the ride and to babysit James at the hotel.
2017, I saw him in Champaign for my birthday.
2019: Ya'll...I got FLOOR seats!
2021: (Front row??)
When I saw that he was kicking off the new stadium tour in St. Louis, I was itching to go. I really wanted my mom to go with me again though. It dawned on me last night that today tickets went on sale, so I was messaging her, but she just couldn't justify driving 4.5 hours for overnight when she's got plenty of other big events coming up. She did agree that if he ever hits up Kinnick Stadium, she'll go. I was bummed, but fully understood. It's only an hour and a half drive for me.
I didn't even think about it this morning. I had kind of just decided I probably wouldn't go. At 10:20, 20 minutes after tickets went on sale I logged into Ticketmaster just for the fun of it, and got the same screen everyone else got. "2000+ people are in line ahead of you." They had this little icon of a man walking, across the screen and the further he'd get, the closer to the front you were.
I told myself I'd wait a bit and just see. I checked out what other people were saying, and no one was having much luck. People who were in the "waiting room" an hour early were stuck. People who logged in after 10 had tickets. Some people couldn't even get stuff to load at all. I assumed I would have no luck, because do I ever?
I also tried logging in on my phone but my little man icon was going slow, and I closed out and decided to wait on the computer which was further ahead. After an hour, I was in. They had an interactive map that showed tickets and I knew single tickets would be easier to come by for closer seats.
Imagine my surprise when seats near the front were popping up! I was so excited. Literally for the next 30 minutes I'd click on seats and they'd disappear. I'd click on seats and they'd be taken already. I'd click on seats and it would refresh everything and all of a sudden "no" tickets were available. The next refresh would show seats available again. I couldn't even get a nosebleed ticket to take. I KNEW that those dang floor seats were there though and it was driving me crazy. One in particular kept showing up every time, but it just wouldn't let me get it! I promised myself I was only going if I got good seats.
I gave up at 12:10. 40 minutes after I promised James his lunch. He didn't notice until noon, and then he went and got out the bread, butter and cheese, which alerted me to the fact that I was neglecting my child. LOL! I closed out and put Netflix on for James.
As I was making his grilled cheese, I popped open my internet browser on my phone...and I hadn't actually closed out of Ticketmaster earlier. I was still in the waiting line and my little guy was close to the front....so back to my obsession of watching the phone while making lunch.
Next thing I know, I'm back in. By now 20 minutes has passed since I logged off the computer, so I'm positive the whole show is sold out, or I'll be in the nosebleeds.
Guess what I saw? That ONE dang spot near the front on the floor, that I couldn't get earlier after clicking it a million times.
I wearily click it, and a screen pops up that my ticket is secured and I have so many minutes to confirm and pay. WHAT!?! Even at this point I'm sure I'm going to lose the ticket. There's NO way out of like 65,000 tickets I'm getting a floor seat 2.5 hours after tickets went on sale, right?
I entered my credit card info. Braced for rejection. Then a miracle occurred.
A headline, "Get Ready for Goosebumps"
You guys...this is where I'll be.
My email confirmed once more that I indeed have a ticket. I was shaking like crazy! I'll probably pee my pants trying to get in and out of St. Louis, but I guess going to see Garth again, trumps my fear of traffic.
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