Valentines day headache

Valentine's day is meant to be all love and hearts and cuddling in front of the telly. Except mine has involved a near-terminal falling out with one of my most important sources, a sub-editor with a bleeding ulcer, an ice storm in Washington rendering my stringer unable to attend a conference and a Zimbabwean science minister blowing out my reporter to go to a funeral.

Press day was delayed for the sole reason of waiting for that conference. And now...

Here's to hoping that my day won't continue in the same vein with me falling off the mountain on my picnic-date. I have misgivings about that cable car...