War Eagle!

Today for me, yesterday for everyone else, was the day that Auburn won the national championship game.

Jim was the lucky tiger (can't say lucky duck...) that got to stay in the US and go to Arizona with his mom, dad, and sister to watch the game. I've never been more sad, or jealous, or homesick, or excited to watch a football game in my entire life.

But, I had a big taste of home all the way in Rome. First of all, our new apartment came equipped with a huge flat screen TV and the complete Sky satellite package, including ESPN America. Thank God for ESPN America (and that is the first and last time I will ever say that!) The game started at 2:30am Rome time, so my plan was to come home from work and go straight to bed, getting 6.5 hours of sleep, then watch the game, then get a few more hours of sleep, then get ready and go to work. In theory it was a great plan, but in actuality there was no way it would work.

I left the office at 5, got home around 6 and started trying to wind down. At 7 I went to bed, well attempted. I tossed and turned for 2 hours, called my mom crying because I was so frustrated with being in Rome, then laid on the couch and watched Food Network on Slingbox (thank you Drew!) I caught up on Giada at Home, Down Home with the Neely's, and Cupcake Wars, then finally dozed off around 11. I woke back up at 12, moved back to my bedroom and got 2 good hours of sleep. At 2:00am, I jumped out of bed, ran to the living room and turned on the TV and my computer. I called Laura on Skype and me, her & Dustin ended up Skyping the entire game. It was amazing to get to "watch" the game with someone and I actually don't know if I would have been able to stay up if I was all by myself.

The game was one of the best games I've ever seen. It was fun to see the best of the best go head to head. It was well played on both sides, but Auburn of course was victorious! The score was tied 19-19 and in the last seconds (literally with only 2 seconds left) we kicked a field goal. At 6:30am a mere 2 shots of espresso, half a box of Cheerios con miele, and 22 points later Auburn won its first national championship title since 1957. It was a historic event and I'm so glad I was awake to see it.

After the game there was no way I could get any amount of sleep. So I watched Toomer's Corner get rolled, courtesy of the fabulous City of Auburn webcam, called my hubby and then got ready for work. I'm sure I'm going to crash in a few hours, but it is well worth it. I'm so proud to be a member of the Auburn family and even more proud of our Auburn Tigers!

War Eagle!