Last week I was in court and the case right before mine was a sentencing for a guy who held up some bodegas... I've never seen a sentencing before, it's really fascinating. The guy's wife and mom were there and the criminal got to make a statement too. And this poor fat stupid shlub was begging the judge to sentence him to the bottom end of the sentencing guidelines, which was 5 years in federal prison... The crook and the lawyer made such emotional pleas to get 63 months in jail... ("He's a good man who made mistakes."..."I have a wife to come back to that I must take care of," etc. etc.) and they were absolutely delighted when the judge gave him the 63 months.... He was smiling and laughing like he just won a trip to Hollywood... it made me realize that the prisoner truly sees the end of the five years as imminent... He sees it in front of his face... And that got me thinking, that if 5 years can be imminent, then so can 3 months... Keep strong! It'll be here soon, with G-d's help...