I love your attitude in your day to day life, Zab!
The builders don't show up? That'd drive me mad and yet, there's something to be said about just getting on with it. You'll get things done as you can and I'm in the camp of wanting to see some photos of your home improvements.
I've struggled in the past to find new posters to follow or different times of the day/night to do the majority of my reading. Even tho' I'm not big on posting at all, I can never say enough good things about the Cafe' (the Whiner's section in particular) and some of the secular threads are really enlightening. I've also taken breaks, sometimes for a few days, sometimes a few months and a couple times I think I took a year off. You'll find what works best for you on SR. I'm sure of that.
Mega congrats on your 48th!