I confess, I missed the application deadline for my son’s top two preferred middles schools. How pathetic of a mother am I? For the past 2 or 3 years (really ever since I figured out my son’s current school was not going to expand past 5th grade) I’ve been obsessing over what middle schools to apply to for my oldest son. My husband and I met with his current school principal at the beginning of the year and we’ve been working with him to improve his grades all semester. So at the beginning of Christmas break I registered my son to take the ICEE (entrance exam for private schools) and then crossed over to school web sites to start downloading applications only to find I’ve already missed 2 deadlines! How could I possibly have let this happen!
I’d love to blame the fact that our current school application is not due until the end of January or the fact that we were so focused on this that last report card for my colossal screw up, but really, how lame would that be? I’ve been extremely busy, that much is true, but honestly I can’t figure out how I let this happen. Is some subconscious part of me refusing to admit that its time for middle school? Did I just let my subconscious derail my child’s education? Or has my penchant for waiting until the last minute finally gotten the best of me? Or am I just overloaded and getting my priorities out of whack? Because my children’s education is a top priority!
So now we are in begging mode. One of the schools allows late applications based on availability and we’ve had a few friends with kids currently at the other school send emails to the Admissions Director on our behalf. I’ll be repaying favors after he graduates high school at this rate. But if he has better options as a result it will be worth it and I figure it’s just penance for procrastinating. Now we get to stress out over the holidays to see what the admissions folks at both schools tell us when they get back from the holidays in January. This will be a fun Christmas – I’m already producing double my normal stomach acid. And, yes, I know – I have nobody to blame but myself. What else is new?
