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Hello once again from the middle of nowhere!

First and foremost I have to extend some huge thank yous to a couple of groups of very special people. A very very very heart felt thank you to my fellow Knights of Columbus at Ascension parish in Chesterfield. They pulled together a HUGE care package (actually packages) full of lots of good stuff that arrived late last week. Only a few days later, I received a second HUGE care package from my awesome co-workers and friends at Fox 2. I'm now well stocked and should have enough goodies to get me through the rest of the summer.

The care packages couldn't have come at a better time for me. I'm now almost six weeks into my deployment with about 3 more months to go. The reality of being away from my home and family for that long keeps sneaking up on me at the weirdest times. Instead of getting easier with each day it seems to get more difficult. I can't even begin to imagine the mental and physical stress our troops went through back during earlier wars...when there were few phones, no computers, no internet or digital cameras. I get to talk to my wife and family at least 1x a week..sometimes more. In previous wars they were lucky to get to talk once a month... or longer. I've actually taken to writing letters home because sometimes it just seems more private and personal. Besides, who doesn't like to get a letter in the mail, right?

I haven't been able to get a status report on our adopt a soldier program through A SOLDIERS WISH LIST. But from the sounds of things we are at least making a dent. Coming up sometime in the next week or two I will be doing a live phone interview with Mark Christopher at KTRS. I'll use that opportunity to once again put out the call for folks to adopt soldiers. I've been so blessed by so many friends...I just want to make sure others who are in far worse conditions receive the same.

The weather here during the past week has been horrible. The worst wind, dust, sand,e tc. storm of my time here so far. One side effect is that this "Shamal" pattern as it's called, does bring down the temperatures. It has only been in the 103 to 107 range the past few days which has felt amazingly cool.

BRTN.. congrats on the funnel cloud spotting. Gotta be careful at night though...especially in MO and IL. Roads don't exactly go straight...especially in MO and it can be dangerous at best. I do wish I was there...so save some of the storms for when I get back. I haven't seen a cloud in nearly 5 weeks...not one!

The family is doing well... but as I have always said... deployment is more difficult on the family you leave at home. My wife has been doing an awesome job of keeping everything in good shape while I've been gone. I think she needs a care package more than I do LOL. Maybe I can get her a day at the spa? Any ideas from former military? What did your spouses like most to get while you were gone?

Well...time is slowly crawling by and its time for me to get back to work. Best wishes to all...

-Chris

Weather or Not

Chris's Sand Castle - 10 June 2008

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