Keefo I cannot believe it is 6 months for you already, time does fly. I know what it is like to be homesick and missing family and it can be very hard to overcome, it does depend on what is important to you and your immediate family. It does get very cold here especially at night & early mornings. We have ducted heating and electric blankets at night, only had the heating on the other night for the first time this year, we are near the coast and the wind coming off the sea is really cold, so we think twice about taking the dogs for a walk otherwise we rug up like we would in England..