Its great you've happened upon so many solutions in round about ways to make you happy!
Seconding calls for pics! There's no such thing as too many cat pics
My cats have been such a comfort to me too and watching how they behave and react to things actually teaches me a lot, surprisingly. For example, they don't like ABF and he asks me why, I say if you shout at them and scare them obviously they won't want to be around you. Then I think he shouts at me and scares me, why am I still around him?! LOL