The Colts DID IT!! And I am a lunatic.

I thought about the Colts/Patriots game a lot last week and it gave me the nervous/excited jitters every time. I thought about it on Saturday while I was out for a run, and it made my knees weak and I had to slow to a walk. I think I'm physiologically tied to the Horseshoes.

When the game started yesterday I was hopeful. And then sad. And then depressed. After Asante Samuel's interception for a touchdown, I got mad. The Patriots have been a thorn in the side of the Colts for a long time, and the 21-3 lead was enough to make me throw up. I seriously got a stomach ache. Physiologically tied I tell ya. But Angela said, "Jenny...keep believing." So I did. And she was right.

I did the arms-folded, Rain Man rock for most of the second half. Every play seemed like it took five minutes. When Joseph Addai ran in the last touchdown to make it 38-34 with a minute left, I thought that was way too much time for Tom Brady. And then I thought, "How cool would it be if the oft-criticized defense is the thing that seals the deal?" I quit the Rain Man rocking, and scooted to the edge of my seat and begged the clock to keep on ticking. When Marlin Jackson intercepted the Tom Brady ball with 16 seconds left, I burst into tears! I screamed at the top of my lungs, jumped up, covered my face with my hands, peaked at the TV to make sure I was really seeing a Colts celebration, and started full-on sobbing. I'm a lunatic!! Angela got teary-eyed too. I guess I relate to the Colts on a million levels, and the fact that they are tasting success after so many years of trying gives me hope.

How cool were Bill Polian and Tony Dungy to give the glory to God as they were being handed the Lamar Hunt trophy? And in an interview later, Tony Dungy reiterated how he believes in doing things in the most constructive way possible, without profanity, trying to build players up rather than tear them down. Now do you see why I love them so much? I love it when goodness triumphs.

Lovie Smith of the Bears is a great guy too, and leads a great organization. I can't wait for the Super Bowl. Our neighbor (hey Oliver!) is a Bears fan. We saw him in the grocery store checkout line yesterday before the games and did a little trash talkin'. :-) We may end up with half of our fence navy and orange, and the other half blue and white. For now, I'm just dang excited!

Lisa Thomas

Lisa Thomas gave birth to baby Jesse on Tuesday! It's an exciting time, but if you've been keeping up with her blogs, you know they are also surrounded by uncertainty and could use encouragement. Here's a little something we can do. I posted this on my blog at mix1029.com today.

Ya Wanna do Something for Lisa?

I've had lots of calls and emails about Lisa and the baby, so let's get organized and do something! I know many of you need an outlet for the well wishes, so let's get together on it.

Email your short well wishes to me, and I'll go out and get one of those HUGE cards and arrange all of the greetings inside. And if we have tons, I'll get four cards. :-)

Lisa will be in the hospital until Saturday and baby Jess will probably be there for two weeks. They're still running tests, and as you can imagine, it's hard on Lisa, Rudy, and their daughter Susie.

I'm sure Lisa would love to hear your encouragement, and know exactly how much you are pulling for her. Email some greetings! jenaustin@clearchannel.com

Middays are fun!

I like doing my night show, but I think I'm really gonna dig doing middays for Lisa while she' s out on maternity leave. (I'll post a birth announcement as soon as I have it. Those of you who are part of "team Jess" and have included Lisa in your prayers...you rock!) She's out until the end of February.

It's really cool to be at home with Angela in the evenings. As we sat on the couch and talked last night I commented on how nice it was to be able to visit face-to-face, without the aid of direct-connect and IM. We could see live facial expressions and everything! Wow! Way cool. ;-)

You can still vote for the Mix 102.9 10 O' Clock News on my personality page, even though Joe Kelly is actually in charge of the feature for the next few weeks. The artists this week are Evanescence and Taylor Hicks. Please vote as many times as you like at http://mix1029.com/pages/jenaustin.html.

The L Word

Is there a buzz on this season of The L Word? I haven't really had my finger on the pulse of all things L this season.

We watched the first episode Sunday night and thought it was okay. I want to be crazy in love with the show like I used to be, but I'm just not. I'm happy about Cybill Shepard joining the show, I'm happy Marina is back, and I'm starting to kinda like Jenny. And Alice cracked me up as she tried to school Helena on what it's like to be poor! That was some good stuff. But I'm still mad at the writers for breaking up Bette and Tina, for killing off Dana, and for evolving the show so much that it no longer has a nucleus. It's scattered now, and there's just not much to grab hold of and own.

Perhaps I want the show to be an escape from the stereotypical lesbian drama rather than reflection of it. That said, I doubt we'll miss an episode because, as a lesbian, I feel obligated to tune in. It just doesn't give me the high that it did in season one and part of season 2. (Obviously! I used to excitedly blog about it first thing Monday morning, and now it takes me four days to realize that I've ignored it.) There is a girl at work who LOVES the show and has all the DVD's and just goes on and on about how cool it is. And she's straight. Perhaps she is the audience that the writers are targeting, and I am not. Hmm...interesting.

If you're jazzed about it, please comment! Perhaps your enthusiasm will rub off.

Silly body

Some experts say, when trying to get pregnant you should avoid rigorous exercise like running.

Your body doesn't know the difference between running for pleasure and running from a bear, and after five days of it, your body might decide that it's not the safest environment for a child to appear in, and it will decide not to produce one. Ha! The human body is silly sometimes!

Angela is not running right now. I however, am taking my bloated self outside right this very minute to run around and jostle my insides until they are worn to a frazzle. Please pray for us both. :-)

Happy New Year!

Hope your holidays were merry and bright!

I'm slowly easing back into the blogging thing.

We had a fantastic time with my family here. They stayed from the 23rd to the 26th, and we ate a ton, laughed lots, and just felt extremely blessed to be together. They all lost electricity after a winter storm in Nebraska, but were able to make it out of there and come down to Texas where it's civilized! I sure don't miss those Nebraska winters.

Jada and Cici are growing up so fast...they are just too cute for words. Their interactions are hilarious. They are only eighteen months apart, so they are best friends and even display some of the qualities that I imagine twins might have. They feed off of each other like they have been spawned from the same exact cells. Hopefully we'll get back to Nebraska this summer to see them again.

This pic was taken on a break from tossing them onto the bed. They would run toward me, and then I would grab them and plop them onto the bed to crash into the pillows. Oh the giggling that ensued! Hopefully Angela and I will be blessed enough to have a couple of little squirts like these soon. Our second insemination attempt will happen this month if all goes according to plan.

All for now. Best wishes for a great '07!