And after the storm comes the quiet. The trials and tribulations of working at the Mod are in the past, and all thoughts of toes and scalpels can be saved for nearer the time.
Today is football day. Chelsea face Liverpool and Manchester United play Arsenal in a mouth-watering day of Premiership action. Loathe though I am to admit it, English football is the most exciting in the world. Where else could you get two such massive clashes on the same day?
Spain may have the ultra-sexy Barcelona and Real Madrid, but the big two aside, none of the other clubs in the Primera League have the same draw as the top four English sides. Italy comes close, but with Juventus now slumming it in Serie B and the other sides tainted by the match-fixing scandal, the attraction of the world champions' league is not what it was. Porto, Bayern Munich and Ajax may be big clubs, but their leagues don't compare with the Premiership.
If only Scottish football were so strong. What we often forget north of the border is that there are only five million people in Scotland - fewer than live in the Greater London area. It stands to reason that our football league will pale in comparison to the Sassenachs', as we have less than a tenth of the potential fan base.
As much as I'd like to see Rangers, Celtic, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and Dundee Utd challenging for European honours, it's not going to happen, unless some more Russian oil billionaires fancy splashing their cash in Scotland. Or I win that Euro Millions lottery.
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