Who wants to work on Valentine's Day?

My boss has just emailed me to find out if I'd like to do a 12 hour shift on Sunday evening, starting at 8pm.

I've got expensive dental work to pay for. My mouth feels as if it's gone into labour with the pain I'm experiencing right now so I could hardly turn down the offer of mo' money!!

Plus I haven't got any plans on Sunday; worst that both of my children will be going out on their Valentine's dates so I have no real reason to stay home.

I feel at odds about my decision all the same. I'm making it crystal clear to the Universe that not only do I not have a Valentine's Day date but even if Cupid shot an arrow into my chest cavity, I'd be sitting at my desk at work and that's not the place to be sitting if I want to get a love party started.

It's a tough one because I've never really been successful on Valentine's Day. Most years, I've either experienced an evening with a nut-case or some other kind of weird encounter, so I predict that I'll be better off burying myself in paperwork. But on the other hand, I don't seem to be changing a habit of a lifetime which is purposely making myself unavailable.

I'm not really doing myself any favours am I!!