<p>This is the first time he’s REALLY been away from home. He was my kid that I always had to go pick up in the middle of the night because he got homesick staying away overnight :)))). His first email said he never felt like he wanted to come home so much in his life, he felt he was in over his head with football and the corps, that he couldn’t be without a phone, tv or talking to people. The football coach is friends with his high school coach and he felt guilty not playing since the guy had been calling him all along the admissions process and my son liked him. It was just sort of assumed that he would play. He also is worried about a shoulder injury that was waived by dodmerb, but he has a harness and he says that he can barely move his arm with it on and that he would be favoring it and not giving it his all to football. They did have a football meeting tonight and he called my husband after and said he did meet some kids and they asked him to come down and stay with them tonight since right now, he doesn’t have a room mate and I don’t think that helps either. My husband said he did sound a tad better after being with the team. I’m hoping that once things get moving he’ll be ok.</p>