Late breaking decision this morning to bring S25 home for fall break. He told me they had Friday off and I found a cheap flight, but then after telling him we could do it - and feeling like he really wanted (and maybe needed?) to come home, it turned out that a bunch of things happened so instead of flying home Friday morning and back Tuesday evening he’ll get home late Friday night, fly back Monday afternoon, and it’s costing us an extra $125. For the little amount of time he’s getting home I wouldn’t have said it was worth the cost, but by that point it was clear that he really wanted this, so I went ahead and bit the bullet and bought the ticket. I think the fact that most (maybe all?) of his friends are relatively local and have cars and they go home occasionally for things and they are all heading home for the short fall break. I also think he’s been there long enough now (move in was 8/15) that the fun and excitement and newness has settled down and now he’s getting to the hard things and the rote and the parts of class that are more challenging. When we’ve talked recently he just seemed not quite himself. I’m hoping he’s just missing home a bit and not feeling overwhelmed (he’s that kid that historically had let things go, said it was fine, said things were good, until all of a sudden he realized it wasn’t good and he was overloaded and vaguely panicked). Regardless, it will be good to see my boy, but I’m a little nervous about the vibes I’m getting. Hopefully it’s just me seeing issues where there aren’t any. Whatever, I’m glad to be getting him home this weekend.
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