i think perhaps God is teaching me patience, in addition to love. i really wanted to go to this play last night. 18-25 year olds were free with a limited amount of tickets. i knew i had to get there early to get the ticket! well i hurried of with plenty of time. as i was leaving the apartment a bus was just leaving as well - so i missed it and had to wait 8 minutes for another one even though the schedule said it would be 5. i got on the next bus to catch the metro only to realize that i hadn't bought my metro ticket for this week yet. no big deal - i could buy a metro ticket at the machine. well, when i got to the machine, they didn't take cash and i'm using my credit card sparingly due to international fees, so i couldn't buy a ticket. i ran up to ground level and caught a bus to take me to the next nearest station where i guessed there would be a teller. when i got to the next station there was a line. so i waited. i bought my ticket and headed to the platform... except i was probably the farthest away from the specific platform that i could be in one of the bigger metro stations in paris. as i was finally approaching the platform, a train was pulling away. so again, i waited for the next train. the whole excursion took about 50 minutes when it should've taken half that.
i got to the theater, found the ticket counter only to find out that there were no more free tickets available. darn! i lost the battle, but wasn't willing to just turn around and go back to the apartment after all that. i checked out the pricing and found out that last minute tickets (if available) can be bought at a reduced rate.
i ended up sitting in one of the better seats in the theater for only 12 euros. i was so close! so i didn't get a free ticket... but God had a good laugh with me and i had a good time at the theater. i probably wouldn't have gone if i didn't think i was going to get a free ticket!
patience is a virtue, right?
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