"I suppose right now its just hard with having so much time on my hands."

That's exactly it!

"Perhaps when I am settled in a new apartment and am back at work I will not be so tempted to call him when the loneliness sets in."

Right but you can't wait 'til then to keep steering things onto the right track!

Just think of how good you felt when he text you in the middle of the night that he missed you. That was from him missing you. So let him miss you!

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Change the policy; allow PM's.