This is how I've spent the last two full weekends. I LOVE having every Friday off. I can get so much more done at home and still have a "day of rest"! It took me four full days and I'm happy with how it's looking now. I don't actually mind the work and I love the results.
When I saw it in D.C. many years ago, you felt great reverence standing at that wall. I also remember the 3 Vietnam soldiers, statues that almost made you feel like they were real because their emotions seemed to be just right there and feel-able-- each soldier seemed different for sure, they seemed to cover a broad spectrum. I remember one of them was a black. They were located as you walked from the Lincoln Memorial and approached the beginning/ the lower end of the "Wall". Actually, was the war that I almost had to go fight in, I was in ROTC at the Univ. of Utah, had taken several classes in it, and would have been a 2nd Lt. upon graduation, and the "2nd Louie's" as they were referred to, were always the prime targets the Viet Cong went for as the U.S. columns trudged thru jungles and such. The 2nd Lt. would usually be the guy leading the column, and they had a higher casualty rate than any other rank, during the Vietnam era. As it happened, during my mission the "draft" happened, where birthdays were drawn out of a hat and your birthday determined how high up the list you would be per the draft. #1 thru #200 were sure to be called up. My birthday gave me #342. I had 2 companions who were #4.
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