Quote Originally Posted by briancol View Post
we r expecting a refusal next week,
Life sometimes seems (indeed, often IS) unfair. Here you are, caring for your dependent mother, and left worrying yourself sick over a crass, unreasonable deadline imposed by an unknown, insensensitive - yet no doubt, highly paid - civil servant.

But, by the same token, even what we might envisage as being the bleakest of scenarios, needn't necessarily turn out to be half as bad as we expect. And while it is easier said than done, I would encourage you to try and remain positive ... things can and frequently do have a habit of turning out much brighter than we'd ever dared hope or think.