Thanks for summing things up. Your explanation covers the major points well. :)
As for your actual, real complaint.. I did think about that when making the release schedule and decided to try things the current way first, but I do agree that it is a bit unfortunate for the public release to land on a Tuesday - something I've generally tried to avoid for any release so far. Thinking about it now, I don't really see much reason to not go for 28 days anymore, so I'll change it to be released on the 12th. It just makes more sense that way. :)