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Part of what makes scheduling hard for me is that I have to both:

• schedule things a long way in advance; and
• rearrange my schedule at short notice.

The main reason for scheduling things a long way in advance is that it gives me a structure to slot in small tasks that have to be done in specific locations; for example, I realised I need to go and look for a memorial stone in a specific churchyard, so I slotted it in to a day when I plan to work in a cafe a short bus ride away from the churchyard. These small tasks come up frequently but randomly, at varying levels of urgency. It also gives me time to think over my plans and sometimes make them more efficient.

There are several reasons for needing to rearrange at short notice; for example, someone I want to interview asked me to come at a specific time on a specific day at a place near the abovementioned churchyard, so I swapped a work-at-home day for my working-in-that-cafe day. Other reasons include bad light/weather on a day when I’d planned to take photos.

I’m OK with this in general, but it does make it hard to plan things with other people, since rearranging at short notice is unacceptable, inconvenient, and/or unfair to them.

Hello! As previously noted, the sixth annual Croydon Fun Weekend will run from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 January this year. I very much hope you can come!

Here's the schedule, and it's also under a cut below, for convenience.

Important things to note:

• Friday afternoon: Everyone is welcome at Beanies, but only children aged 5 and under are allowed on the soft play equipment.
• Friday and Saturday evenings: If you want to come to dinner at Abshar and/or Osushi, please let me know ASAP, but preferably at the latest by noon on Monday 22 January. It's fine to put yourself down as a "probable" — I just want to give the restaurant a rough idea of how many we'll be.
• Financial considerations: There is no charge for anything during the weekend aside from your own food/drink and entrance to Beanies for children (adults go free). If there are any sessions you'd like to come to but can't afford to pay food/drinks/Beanies costs for, please let me know and I'll find a solution.

Finally, if you haven't received any emails about this event, and you would like to receive them in the future, please let me know! I haven't had any bounces from the batch I sent recently, but it's always possible I have an old email address for you or even that I've accidentally missed you off the list.

I seem to have got involved in organising Queer Code London. We have a breakfast meet in Central London on Tuesday 1 August Tuesday 8 August, 7:30am-9am, and I’d love to see as many people there as possible.

The breakfast is free and includes vegetarian options, and the building is step-free accessible. You’ll need to join the Meetup group to see the location, but it's in Central London within a couple of minutes’ walk of a zone 1 station. Spaces are limited, so sign up ASAP.

No allies, please – this event is for queer coders only — but please pass this on as widely as you like.