January Blues

Ok, so I have the January blues, tinged with a little homesickness.
For me, January is the post-Christmas come down; cold weather, dark mornings and a long wait until the next holiday. And worse, this year I am away from home and away from England with not enough time to go home for weekends like I do at uni. :(

But on the bright side, the days here are sunny with lots of blue sky, the evenings are at last drawing out so it is no longer dark when I leave work and arrive home (if I go straight there), and possibly best of all, I have brought back with me a three series box set of one of my favourite TV shows - 'The House of Eliott', a BBC series from the late 80s/early 90s about two sisters effectively left with nothing when their father dies and how they end up founding their own fashion house. It's set in the 1920s and I have seen every 50-minute episode a million times since I first discovered it aged 13 or 14. It (in addition to Daphne Du Maurier's 'Rebecca') is responsible for my falling in love with that era. I am only on episode six of series one, so I have ages to go until the end. I am rationing how often I watch it, so I can enjoy it for longer. :o)
I also have with me box sets of the 1995 BBC adaptation of 'Pride and Prejudice', which I haven't watched for years, 'Bleak House' and the 1997 ITV adapatation of my beloved 'Rebecca', in addition to a variety of movies which I didn't ask to be sent over with my dad. I am thoroughly looking forward to watching each and every one in the coming months.
And of course, I have my many books. I think I counted 28 unread ones on my Munich shelves (several more at home in Nottingham). I am here until the end of "Calendar Week" 26 ... can I read them all? I don't think so. Among them is 'Anna Karenina'. It is incredibly long and, as it is Russian, and Tolstoy at that, rather complicated, especially for someone as small brained as myself. Nevertheless, I intend to give it a go; just not yet. Haha.


I am trying to make myself read faster, because I think I am quite slow at it. Long books with small type in a "at least one book a week" timescale will, I am sure, help.
So far I have stuck to this resolution:

Week 1:
Shopaholic Ties The Knot - Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic and Sister - Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic and Baby - Sophie Kinsella


Week 2:
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides


I am quite pleased with this. I no longer travel for over an hour on trains, plus waiting times, and I am working full time.

I am looking forward to heading out to Portugal in July. Long sun-drenched days, cheap shopping, beaches, and best of all ... lots of time for reading!
I'm such a geek. Haha.


In other news, I have added a new photograph to my dA. Without boasting, I am quite pleased with it. You can view it here: http://elenamay.deviantart.com/art/Red-Sky-At-Night-74371883
I can feel my photography improving all the time, and I am considering selling some of my work as prints. But I'm not sure. I don't know if anyone would buy them. If you look at my work and think it is worth selling, please let me know. :o)