Two weeks from today we will have: 1. a new President elect, 2. no worthless political commercials to change channels from, 3. more leaves on the ground to clean up, 4. fewer days before Christmas during which to buy gifts, 5. less value in our stocks and less money in our pockets to buy Christmas gifts, 6. troops coming home for the holidays on leave from Iraq and Afghanistan, 7. other troops getting ready to deploy overseas, and 8. the next issue of Army Engineer magazine almost completed for printing. How special is all that?