it's been quite an evolution over the last 3 months and um it was uh trying at times it was there was some tough times all the way through you certainly as uh the commander and the PLT of your spacecraft you don't want to see it go off without you but that's where we wound up uh I think like you know this was not the very first option we wanted to take Starliner to the completion and land it back on land at home um but you know you have to turn the page and look at the next opportunity and you know do good for the agency you ask what we miss right of course you know the things that we always miss our families I miss my two dogs I miss my friends but you know what like Butch said there are so many people uh on Earth that are sending us messages and it it makes you feel just right at home with everybody when we're able to have those conversations with our friends and family at home so I know they understand I know it's a it's tough on on them as well as you know being away from home of course but uh everybody understands and everybody's cheering for us to get back with crew n um but and sunny when you launched you figured you'd be back home in Houston to vote on Election Day have you requested your absentee ballots yet so you can vote from space if you could elaborate on this and what else are you missing on a personal note I sent down my request for a ballot today as a matter of fact uh and they should get it to us in a couple of weeks and absolutely yes it's a very important role that we all play as Citizens is to uh be included in those elections and NASA makes it very easy for us to do that so we're excited about that opportunity and Mara same here you know it's a very important duty that we have as Citizens and uh looking forward to being able to vote from space which is pretty cool