Well, Lorna's emailed me back. She's feeling a little bit more upbeat and says she might actually go along and see LUSU tomorrow.

That's good. Crisis averted, at least as far as me being able to write my dissertation goes.

New crisis though: I'm out of Coke.

I need caffeine if I'm going to work this late. What do I have? What do I have?

...

Hot chocolate, and I've lots of milk that's just past its best before date. I see hot chocolate with marshmallows in, coming up!