We understand your excitement, Annie – that’s for sure… it’s why we’re all here, because we all love WP so much.
It’s just odd to hear someone say that there aren’t enough widgetized themes when widgets are so brand new and shiny. You have to give even the theme developers a chance to get things working properly is all.
Maybe you could take it on as a challenge, and try to learn the process? It’s really not like you have to learn scads of php to modify themes… checking out the WP codex for help, and maybe comparing what you’ve got with a theme that’s already done… you might learn something new! ?? (I owe everything I know about php and CMS to wordpress… if that tells ya anything!)