Roller Coaster First Week

This first week has been such a crazy one!  At first it was going well, I had tennis and orange EXCELeration activities, but then problems from back home occurred.  My mom sent me a care package and also sent along the bank mail I requested her to send since I needed to know what was going on with my student loan.  Then I almost fell apart when nothing made sense and even my dad, who is my cosigner, didn't understand. I was so frustrated because I thought everything was fine but it wasn't, or so I thought.  I then made an appointment with someone to figure out my options and after the appointment everything was fine with the loan.  But then my mom texted me telling me that my cousin, who is one of my very best friends, was going down the wrong path again!  She went to boarding school for six months and was better, but now she is lost again and I feel obligated to help, but I don't know what to do anymore.  I do love it here, but being away from home makes the the drama from home more dramatic and stressful since I'm six hours away.  With college, drama is bound to come, but it isn't very enjoyable when it interferes with my life and loved ones.  I suppose this is a challenge I will have to overcome and the sooner the better!  Hopefully the saying, "Everything happens for a reason," proves true for this case as well.