If so, the effect would be to create a permanent April 1 Inauguration Day and a transition period that drags on for an exhausting five months.

It had been an exhausting nine months that would have tested the best of men.

It had been an exhausting three months, and one he hadn't been entirely certain he would survive.

"It has been an exhausting few months since the marriages began in February."

She didn't expect those few weeks, however, to stretch into six exhausting months.

"I have just undergone six exhausting months transcribing this manuscript," she told me.

That was the culmination of five exhausting months.

"April's an exhausting month, but it's often a very rewarding one."

They said May was their most exhausting and exhilarating month.

Welcoming the end of an exhausting month, she left the studio quickly and returned to her apartment.