E-mail from Mark: "It's been a great 24 hours!"

Hey All!

Well it has been a great 24 hours! Thanks so much for making it so. I got an update from Mom and Dad, Mom and Dad Lamb, Mama and Papa Klapproth, Nate, Dale, Brian, Wulf, and Angie. Dale sent me his second email in the last 4.5 months, the German half of my family sent me a birthday present (Haribo macht Kinder und MARK froh!), I received Halloween presents from mom and dad and Lamb mom and dad last night as well. I even got an update on Brian (although probably from Tuttles) and Riley (thanks mom). The only reason I leave Angie out is because I am still working on her birthday, halloween, and in between packages. (I think she's obsessed with me.) Anyways, it was great to hear from everyone. It sounds like everyone is doing well, which is great. I continue to be awesome and amazing in all that I do (that should come as little surprise). I am getting super pumped to come home for R&R (Urlaub). I cannot believe that it is already November!  Oh, and on top of everything else, the Packers won and the Bears still suck.

As of right now things are looking promising for me to be home for about two weeks in January. I hope things don't change. It's still pretty hot around here- upper 70s, low 80s every now and again. It drops to mid 50s during the night. Quite beautiful. It rained one night a week or so ago for the first time in 4.5 months. That was kind of cool. I slept through it, but it was neat to see water in the morning. I suppose it will be another month or two now before it rains again.

That's about it from here. I am slowly writing letters to those little third grade buggers who wrote me from Brown Deer (the teacher is a friend of Angie's). I have 3 done and probably 20 to go. I am hoping to have them done before Christmas. We'll see. I hope I didn't miss anyone or anything. Oh, and happy election day, all. I hope you got your vote in. I beat the rush and voted 3 weeks ago. Have a great day (like me).

Love you and miss you all.
Your, Mark