Queer Collaborations

Well, I've "had a sulk" I guess. The question now is - do I go to Queer Collaborations at all?

Pros	Cons
Meeting friends I haven't met since last year	Pets have to be looked after while away:    Pegasus (done)    Cats (yet to be arranged)
Meeting new people from same similar backgrounds	Chance of emotional collapse / "losing it" like I have for the last three I've been to.
Fun at events.group events.	Chance of feeling even more isolated and feeling "out of it" at those events, due to hearing / concentration disabilities.
Opportunity to present travelogue about trip to Palenville	Most likely to catch flu by end of week.
Opportunity to run "Coming Out" workshop	Political bullshit & "office politics" at business meetings and elsewhere.
A week away from home.

Now I'm committed to producing Querelle, which I shall. The meeting I missed was important only if I wanted money to produce it, and I think I can produce by myself (which was my original idea). It won't be as "flash" as it might have been, but it will be done. But I don't have to attend QC to do that - I could just turn up on the day, deliver them, and go.

I have until Thursday really to think about this. Thursday is the cut-off date for submitting workshop proposals and entries into the reader.