Olympic Sized Dreams

Ever since I was a kid, I've dreamed of going to see an Olympic event.  Actually, first I dreamed of being an olympian - an equestrian olympian, to be exact.  Then, when I realized that my dream of riding a horse in the Olympics was never going to happen, I changed my dream to attending an Olympic event - any event.  I just wanted to go to the Olympics.

So, when we realized a few weeks ago that we were going to be landing in London the same day as the Opening Ceremonies I began dreaming about how to get tickets to an event.  Not only would going to an event be fulfilling a life-long dream for me, but it would be an AMAZING experience for the boys.

I told Cliff I wanted to do this.  He responded with the fact that all of the tickets were sold last year by lottery, completely dashing my dreams.  Thankfully, I try not to take everything he says as gospel, and did my own research. 

The day I went a'googling just so happened to be the very same day that the tickets for men's and women's soccer (sorry, football) opened up to the general public.  Now, there are many venues for the various games.  One of the venues that is being used, is Old Trafford in Manchester.  We have friends in Manchester - Luke and Cara.  I emailed Cara asking her if she and her family were planning on attending any of the games.  She had a similar response as Cliff's (negative nellies).  After I set her straight, and she said she thought it would be fun, I bought the tickets! 

In hindsight, I probably should've waited for Cara to respond with available dates for her, but I was so excited and I didn't want to miss the opportunity I just went for it.  Thankfully, it doesn't appear to be a problem for them to join us.  However, I must apologize again to Cara for such a quick turnaround.  But, on August 4th, I will be making a dream of mine come true when we go see the Men's Soccer Quarterfinal game in Manchester.  I was so excited after I bought the tickets I could burst. 

I'm still kind of buzzing.

- Mayzie