Life and Downton Abbey (SPOILERS)

And we finally have the return of Downton Abbey! After nine long months of waiting, last night we got to see the Crawley family (and the downstairs staff) six months after Matthew's tragic death at the end of the Christmas special. We saw Mary being cold and lonely in her grief as her family came out of mourning, but after a few harsh words from the Dowager Countess and butler Carson, at the tenants' lunch she was wearing purple again! We also got our first look at baby George, heir to the Downton Estate and the Grantham Earldom, as he began his nursery life with his cousin Sybbie under the care of a nanny so mean, prejudiced and spiteful it was hard to believe she could have lasted as long as she did, but anyone calling the 1-year old granddaughter of an earl 'half-breed' (making her somewhat reminiscent of Dolores Umbridge in that sense) surely should get what's coming to them.

Off the topic of Downton Abbey (although I could talk about it all day), I have a very busy life at the moment. Aside from the piles of homework I have for my five A-level subjects, I also spend my 'free' time playing in the school steel band, dancing in the school dance company and learning German at evening classes. This week I am also helping at my school's Open Evening, touring guests around the school. See! Busy life! On top of that, I also have a job. Yep, a job. I make coffee. And waitress. And clean a lot.

Another thing I do is watch far too many Youtube videos, so I thought I'd let you know my favourite channels. I love the Vlogbrothers, John and Hank Green, and all of their associated channels (Crash Course, Sci Show, Mental Floss, Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Hankschannel etc). I also love John's books and Hank's music. I watch Sanne Vliegenthart, who has two channels, booksandquills and inturretandtree, and vlogs mainly about books, sometimes in Dutch. On the language front, I also watch Gaëlle (thefrogsbif), who vlogs about all sorts of things, but sometimes in French. Some other channels I watch are dailygrace, which is really funny, and charlieissocoollike, who is the first British Youtuber on this list!! The final two channels I watch are Rosianna Halse Rojas (another British vlogger)'s channel and Lauren Fairweather's channel, where she sometimes sings about Harry Potter.

I hope that my next few posts will be a bit more interesting, but I see these two as a bit of an introduction to me and my life. I hope you don't mind. Also, if you have any suggestions for this you want me to talk about, then leave a comment or contact me through twitter or tumblr (links above).