[Constitutions Grandchild]

We're bad. It's like 4th of July and the kids wondering when the fireworks are going to begin. Have to have a reality check now and then and remember these aren't just pretty colors, but people in harm's way.

[jejones]

Yup, or like the folks who decided to go out by that battlefield early in the Civil War (Bull Run, was it? I'm vaguely recalling the first part of Ken Burns's Civil War) for a nice afternoon picnic and war watching.

[Cosmo]

Yeah, but ya have to have a little fun despite the situation

Funny you should describe it as kids waiting on fireworks . my fiance and I talked about it the same way on the way home from work last night -- just 2 hours before the deadline