I sorta give my AV its own sandbox to play around in. It can do whatever the heck it pleases in there. I've built a moat around it, so no sand gets tracked into my nice clean kitchen. It works out great because I have a lot of things I want to cook. It makes a racket sometimes but I can easily drown it out and ignore it and get back to creating something fabulous.
Best to you, Opi - I think you are doing great.