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Yesterday was a day of travel. Though, in reality, I only lost 2 hours to flight (took off from fair Lontontown at 11 am and landed in crazy-ass-storm-Boston at 1:10 pm), my post flight hours were spent in a haze that ultimately resulted in a much needed 6:00 pm bedtime and 14.5 hours of glorious sleep. The US, it turns out, is also quite lovely for sleep.

My last night in Blighty was spent with the fashionable and funny sister of WWW (WWW, as it happens, had already returned to this side of the Atlantic to delight and stun the masses with her accent and wit). She and I enjoyed a pub dinner and then, I think it is fair to say, that my life changed for ever. Post-dinner, WAY too late into my trip to the UK, I was introduced to Gavin and Stacey- the headlining characters for a newish sitcom on the BBC. Gavin and Stacey, themselves, are quite boring- almost too sappy in love. Yet, the friends and families of G&S pretty much rule my life and I already miss them. I found myself wondering, as I settled upon a 4:30 wake up call to allow for ample time for tube foul-ups on the way to Heathrow, if I could possibly wake up at 4 am (FOUR!) to squeeze in just-one-more episode. Needless to say, sleep took precedence. But I am overjoyed to report that episodes of G&S are widely available on the BBC website. God, I love government sponsored television.