No Gem it means they HATE me! Ha ha!
They only do a few black belt gradings per year and they have to fit the gradings and pre gradings in when they have the right people available for the panel and when it doesn't clash with any other events.
My next kickboxing grading is due - yep, you guessed it, in JUNE!!! The same date! So I asked how I can avoid falling behind in kickboxing (usually if you can't make the date of your grading you have to wait another month). After a chat with the Senior Sensei he said I could do it in a private lesson if Sensei was happy with that. He was so I am doing my kickboxing grading on the 13th June and my pre grading on the 27th. The only drawback of that is I have to pay for the grading AND the private lesson! So June is going to cost me £120 in gradings! Plus I want a new head guard and foot guard so I think I need to sell myself for medical research!
I worked out that I now have 12 WI's til the re grading and I still have 12.5lb to lose! That's not good for me!