frustration

I thought we had chosen a daycare in my little corner of Europe. I thought all the decisions had been made. AND THEN, I found a much better daycare. Yes, the first one is fine but it's in a pretty bad location (for babies, it's actually super-convenient for me) but it's run by an overhead institution and has a few little red flags. And that matters a lot when you're signing up for months of a daycare in a foreign country sight unseen.

The new daycare is lovely. Next to woods, permanent staff, small classes, great infant room. The problem? It's nowhere near my work and I can't seem to find the bus routes for the town it's in online. So, I might be committing to a daycare that would require multiple buses both directions to drop off and pick up TS. And since I'll be living alone, that could be a big hassle if a meeting runs late, for example. But 90% of me says to go with my gut and put TS in the-very-best-daycare-we-can-find despite the inconvenience. But will I regret this later? My little corner of Europe happens to have all-round great daycare, so option #1 is still much better than anything we'd find in NYC in terms of staff stability and training, small classes, going outside, activities, etc.

Argh! I just want to be done thinking about daycare so we can start thinking about how to find a furnished apartment (with internet if we get really lucky).