"Plans"...?

In the previous post I had decided to write about some "plans" for the future, mostly to try making them clear to myself - instead it became a short story of my trip home from London. Now it's time to make another try....

The first plan is of course to finish the thesis, and nothing else may come in its way. I'm hoping to be done programming no later than November 1st (maybe even a week earlier, but bugs may still need fixing then) and have the report ready about a month later. During the trip I wrote around 3-4 pages for the report, but no programming was done so I might be a bit behind on that. After the thesis is finally handed in, we have to take an oral exam about it within six weeks after the official deadline on January 1st. Of course this gives difficulties when searching for a job, since I don't know when I have to be free for the exam. Therefore, I'm hoping for some work from L and S, who I've been working with before. I got a mail from L today, asking if I can continue on the quiz site project soon, or if he should look for someone else to work with. I hope he can wait until November at least, which would mean I could work on it parallell to writing my thesis report.

This said, there's a risk that I can't start searching for a job seriously until mid-February. However, I'll apply for jobs anyway until then, and write in the application that I'll need a few days free in January-February for the thesis exam. If I don't get any work from L and S, I might not be able to visit London before getting a job (or at least an interview) either, which makes the whole situation more difficult since it's harder getting a job without a local address (maybe can use a "temp address" from someone who lives in London when applying to jobs?).