I have a United States Marine - OOH-RAH

When I got home from work on Friday I had a letter in the mailbox from Matt. One that I was NOT expecting. This is what he said ... Hey Momma, This is my last Sunday as a recrit. We got the Crucible this week and after that we are Marines. Then I come home. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. I'm gettin an extra 7 days leave but after my given 10 days I gotta be on Recruiters Assistance where I help recruit people. But I'll still be home longer than 10 days. Don't worry I'll spend time with the family. I passed all my swim quals and rifle range and Final PFT (physical fitness test). My platoon took 1st place in the PFT so we got a nice shiney trophy on the Senior Drill Instructor MOT table. We also took 1st place in the Practical Applications part of testing. So we are still in the run for Honor Platoon. It's come down to us and 1 other platoon. We took 2nd place at the rifle range but boogered initial drill. But our senior said all he cares about is the PFT and Rifle Range. So basically everyone can kill an Iraqi from 500 yards no problem. I improved all my times on the PFT the 1st PFT I had 4 pull ups, 50 crunches and a 28 minutes run time 1 month later I got 8 pull up, 75 crunches and a 25 minute runtime, it's still not the greatest but I still have 6 months till the next one so I'll be fine on that aspect. I gotta go for now though I gotta IRON my cloths for Final Drill. Yes I said I'm ironing. HA! Will write again maybe. Or maybe the next time I'll call ya. Yesterday was Recruit Liberty Sunday.... not only did I get ONE call... I got TWO... His first words to me where, "Mom, what are you doing?" "I'm sitting here waiting for you to call son" ... (laughter) "Mom, I made it... I'm a Marine!" "Yes son, I'm so very proud of you" "Thank you Mom" then there was much more conversation ... He sounded soooooo good. I'm so ready to leave... will be leaving tomorrow night/Wednesday morning around 3:00 am ... Yes now I can officially say that I am a Marine Mom.... OOH RAH!!!!