We all are too tired and overwhelmed. What we must avoid is making a reason into an excuse. Sometimes in life we simply have to raise our game and redouble our efforts, convenient or not and wanted or not, because the stakes are so high. This is one of those times. Either we care enough to try to save our democracy or we don't. That's the hand that we've been dealt. Nobody who reads the history books later on will care whether we were tired or not when they wonder and ask why the bad guys were able to take over and impose their will. They will see and care about only results. Our collective efforts need to match that and rise to the challenge, without an expiration date or a price tag.