Matt Update

We spoke with Matt on Thursday. He was in a really good mood and said that the past few days had been really good, too. The call seemed to go so fast, as they always do, and he was really looking forward to football camp this week. We aren't really clear on how the camp works - they definitely take a road trip on a bus as a team to wherever it is that they go, but it seems that they leave DRA really early each morning and return late each night. He was concerned about getting schoolwork and program work done at the same time but this will be a good challenge for him - learning to use his time wisely and plan so he doesn't lose too much program time or get behind on his schoolwork. Otherwise, he has two program-weeks left in his current level, and as soon as he hits his goals for the two weeks and then has two successful weeks in his next level, we can visit him! We learned that we get a weekend visit and Kelly gets a separate weekend visit, so we'll have to coordinate who goes first. BEST case scenario, we'll get to see him the weekend of August 7th, but again, it will depend on his progress as well as coordinating with his mom.