RIP Week 3

I have to start by saying that I have never been more proud of my husband. As we get closer and closer to completing RIP, I am getting more and more emotional. This past week Drew admits that it was the hardest thing he has ever been through. The physical demand he placed on his body was like nothing he has ever done. But he made it through the week!! About 20-25 guys quit. I can't imagine pushing myself to that place of such extreme demands but Drew did it every day last week. I am not trying to sound dramatic but it kind of is. Drew sometimes will try to play it off and say it's not that big of a deal and laugh about it but sometimes he admits how grueling it really is. But he is moving right along! We cannot believe that next week.... as in a week and a half.... we will know where we will be living. We have been looking forward to knowing where we will live for six months now. We can't believe we are in our final days of training. Knowing where we will live will be the best! That is what I mean when I say I am getting more emotional. Drew and I are so eager to be together again and be a family. We have been through so much in the past 6 months and we are finally about to finish one chapter. It will still be challenging and exciting and full of unknowns, but we will be a family again with our dogs in a place we can call home. Our home. But Drew is doing great. This week will be more running, rucking, tests, and shooting but Drew is looking forward to it. He now wants this more than ever and is beginning to see that light at the end of the tunnel. And he is loving it! I have never seen him so driven and motivated. He is truly an inspiration!! I think it has been just as hot in St. Louis but he has been doing all of this in 100 degree heat!! I am just so proud I can't help it!!!Next weekend I am headed back down to Columbus for our final weekend before he graduates. We are so close!!!