I hear you on it not being truly detached. Right or wrong, I will be writing my wife a short note on D-day. Check my thread (further up from the witty exchange :-)) for the verbiage.
And if things take a turn for the better, I guess I'll just have to re-word it!
Me: 43 XW: 43 T15 M14 D21, SS15, S11, D8 BD: 8/6 EA / possible PA discovered 9/29 D final 10/20