So last Monday we had trip planned for October 2018 and everything set for my big trip
Tuesday - news that there is exam in local school as part of the enrollment same week we plan to be away
Wednesday calls all schools to find timelines
One school starting the process mid summer
One end of August
One from September onward
And you don't know when you will get offer. And if you get offer, many ask for 1200 deposit so if you get offer from your 3rd choice, you have option to pay in one week or not pay and your place will be offered to someone else. The public free schools don't ask for deposit but you still have a week so not ideal to plan trips! Obviously with that scheduling I took the call to move our trip to end of June/July so we can focus on sorting this out.
Today my husband got a call from his school that DS will be getting offer before this Christmas. It's the school we like best and not the most inconvenient but not a hope in hell I would risk not accepting the offer. 100% students go to 3rd level, direct bus door to door every 10 minutes (little long trip) one of the best schools. I won't fully relax until the letter is in the mailbox but for now, I feel little less worried
So we may have been perfectly ok to go October but now I have paid flights and there is no option to move. I am not going to lose sleep for that thought, I can only based my decisions on what I know.
I feel sense of relieve now that I have taken the decision that I will just choose the best school and deal with the consequences after. I ate very poorly and did not sleep well at all last week. I have persisted this week and apart from yesterday I did well. I didn't do my steps yesterday but the sleepless nights were just too much, I felt ill with worry. Funny when I read
@dolewhipdreams comment I realized that really, I will just go for the school that is right and deal with the consequences. I also went over my calories many days last week, but didn't this week. I don't think I am emotional eater to be honest. We were out on open nights every night, on top of work adn school homework so I was also very tired and busy and I think it was just not a priority. Anyway, I feel so much better today.
Anyway, from Monday my eating is back to where it should be and hopefully I get my sleeping back too