I wrote to one of my senators a little over a month ago
I thought I got an automated response a couple days after but today I got the real automated response, which was actually still kinda cool (it says US Senate at the top, is formal, etc.).
Regardless of whether anyone ever read my message it honestly feels good just to see both that he cares enough to have a near 1,000 word detailed answer and he actually seems to be trying to do stuff in congress.
Makes me want to be more civically engaged you know :)