Boyfriend barely talking to me while he’s away on a trip?

Pretty much as title says. My bf went on a weekend trip with his boys to the cabin. The last day I saw him was April 16th. At the beginning of april I quit my job to focus on applying to a program that’s very competitive. Because of that money got tight for me, I stopped seeing my handful of friends bc I couldn’t afford the cost of going out. Because of this I only interacted with my parents and boyfriend. I noticed I would take it really hard whenever my boyfriend canceled plans or rescheduled, and I realized that I can’t expect him to wear so many different hats (bestfriend, boyfriend, therepist) just bc I wasn’t getting the socialization I would get from working a job or seeing friends.

I made the conscious decision not to see him so that I could stop centering my life around my relationship, as my boyfriend communicated that he didn’t like how disappointed I got whenever plans changed. I agreed that maybe I was expecting too much out of him, and made a decision to have healthy space between us so that I could work out my behavior on my end. Plus I have big tests this week all the way up to mid May, so I understood that the break would beneficial in multiple ways. I’ve been consistent and considerate, as I haven’t hung out with him since April 16th as I’ve said. Since then he’s just been working, gyming, hanging with friends, bars, guy stuff. Me and my boyfriend still talked regularly, facetimed, and texted. I made sure to show interest in how his day was at work, what he’d eaten, and what he was working on in the gym that day. My bf doesn’t like being on ft long so we kept things brief, I didn’t take it personally and had no adverse feelings about it. We just checkin in small brief chats once or twice a day. A “have a good day” text. A “5 min FaceTime about him being otw to the gym and me studying the nervous system” and that would be it day after day since the last time I saw him.

My bf left Friday for the trip, we didn’t speak at all that whole day until he texted me at 8:30pm that Friday to say they were heading there. I texted him and told him to enjoy his trip. He texted at 2am and said he was tripping off shrooms but loved me. I told him enjoy himself. He texted me this morning and told me have a good day and asked for my Crunchyroll login. I gave it and that was it. I haven’t heard from him since, the pattern is one goodmorning text in the morning and then a goodnight text at the end of the day. No contact in the actual daytime. I haven’t pushed the issue just because I wanted to see what he actually wanted to be doing, instead of just doing whatever I asked of him.

When I think about it, he only just left Friday which was yesterday, and today is mid Saturday so it hasn’t even been a full day yet. My logical brain tells me that I’m being problematic, but I know he’s going to more or less ignore me all weekend and then shower me with attention/ go back to his normal self Monday when he’s back. I’m bothered but I don’t want to say anything just incase I’m the one who is wrong in this situation. I don’t think I’m expecting much since I haven’t FaceTimed him at all since he’s been away and don’t plan to. I haven’t texted him at all as not to bother him, but I respond to his good morning and goodnight texts. I’m being respectful of his time away from work and supporting him enjoying his trip. But I don’t like the idea of him I guess having me be a second or third thought while he does whatever guys do when they’re all together and have a cabin. I don’t at all think he’s cheating, but I feel like when he comes back around I’ll have the “oh now you remember me” vibe?

I know I might be the one who’s not being realistic, but at the same time I feel like we haven’t seen eachother since the 16th and I’ve been very respectful and intentional and have given him his space while still making him feel loved and prioritized. I feel like if I were the one on the trip with friends I’d still be talking to him on and off throughout the day, not long drawn out conversations - but brief check-ins to let him know like hey I’m enjoying my trip and I just wanna see what my bfs up to/ how he’s feeling today. I wanted to get an opinion? Is this just man brain where they only focus on what’s in front of them and get caught up in having a good time with the boys? Should I just not mention it at all when he comes back and just be happy that he enjoyed himself and continue creating healthy boundaries in the relationship and creating a healthy environment for us both? I’m open to blunt/harsh feedback. I don’t want to be a girlfriend that makes something out of nothing, but I do feel a way. He was more attentive when he was in our state, and the communication has gone from 80% to 20-30% since he’s went away. He used to FaceTime me in small increments throughout the day, send me selfies and share funny stuff he saw on instagram, but now he just texts once in the morning and once at night and I know it’s going to be that way until Tuesday. I know Monday (the day he actually gets back) he’ll say he was tired after going on his trip then going back to work and just wanted to take Monday for himself to recoup, so I know he won’t really go back to talking to me until Tuesday. I don’t think he’s like a villain or anything, but I’m not enjoying it either.