Aw, well, I'm glad this post ended up reaching your expectations. :)

I was just glad to finally sort it out in my mind, because it was driving me kinda nutty.

I don't know. I think that Kripke has gotten a little lost this season. I'm not sure why...
I'm starting to think it has a lot to do with the now possibility of a sixth season that he was dead-set against doing only a couple months ago. I said going into this year that the absolute worst thing I could envision for this season would be if this isn't the last. Yet it looks like now Kripke's saying it's not? If they're thinking now they've got to stretch one year into two suddenly, everything's gonna feel so much more watered down. :(