J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS, JETS!!!!

QUIET DAY IN CHANDLER ON THURSDAY...WENT TO BREAKFAST AND THEN DROVE AROUND THE NEW "HOOD," GETTING A FEEL FOR WHERE THINGS ARE IN RELATION TO THE NEW APARTMENT... I HAVE SUPERMARKETS WITHIN A MILE AND MEDICAL FACILITIES OUT THE "YING-YANG" (HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL OFFICES TREATING EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF ARE WITHIN 5 MILES OF HOME--HOPE I DON'T NEED 'EM QUITE YET)... AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN ALMA SCHOOL ROAD (MAIN DRAG WHERE ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE) I STRUCK GOLD! THERE IS A DUNKIN' DONUTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD! I KNEW I PICKED THE RIGHT SPOT TO LIVE... HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ORANGE AND PINK SIGN SINCE MISSOURI!

SPENT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AROUND THE POOL (TEMPS HIT 79 THURSDAY--7 DAY FORECAST? SUNNY EVERY DAY IN THE 80'S...SORRY, BUT THAT'S "MY" IDEA OF A WINTER)...AROUND 4 PM I WENT IN AND WATCHED THE HYPE SURROUNDING THE JETS-PATRIOTS SHOWDOWN ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL...

I WATCHED THE FIRST HALF DOWN IN THE BAR AT THE RADISSON AND WAS MIGHTY IMPRESSED WITH THOSE JETS (EXCEPT WHEN THEY GAVE UP THE LAST MINUTE TOUCHDOWN BEFORE HALFTIME)... BUT I AM A LONG SUFFERING JETS FAN AND I KNEW THE GAME WOULDN'T BE THAT EASY TO WIN... TOO MANY TIMES I HAVE WATCHED THE JETS SNATCH DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY! SO WHEN NEW ENGLAND RALLIED TO TIE AT 24-24 I WAS SICK BUT NOT SURPRISED... I WENT TO MY ROOM FOR THE SECOND HALF (I WAS OVERDOSING ON COCA-COLA DOWN AT THE BAR...) WHEN THE JETS TOOK THE LEAD AT 31-24 (TOUGH CALL ON VRABLE FOR HOLDING) I STILL HAD WAS WORRIED...THEN THEY STOPPED THE PATS! ONE FIRST DOWN FOR THE WIN (BUT NO!!!!! NEVER THAT EASY)... THEN THE REMARKABLE CATCH BY RANDY MOSS (WHY DID THEY CHANGE THE COVERAGE THAT WORKED ALL NIGHT ON THAT PLAY?!)...

BUT THE JETS RE-IMPRESSED ME BY TAKING THE BALL AND DRIVING METHODICALLY DOWNFIELD AND WINNING THE GAME WITHOUT LETTING NEW ENGLAND TOUCH THE BALL (HEY FEELEY! A LITTLE MORE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UPRIGHTS PLEASE!)...SO I WILL ENJOY BEING THE "FIRST-PLACE" TEAM FOR 10 DAYS UNTIL THEY TAKE ON THE TENNESSEE TITANS A WEEK FROM SUNDAY... (DON'T WORRY GIANT FANS--THE JETS ARE "FAVRE" FROM BEING IN YOUR CALIBER, YET!)
BUT, IT SURE IS NICE TO WIN AFTER 4-12 LAST YEAR...