Congratulations on 15 days ProudPenguin, here’s a big cyber hug coming your way! Maybe if you get enough cyber hugs, you’ll become more tolerant of real hugs.
illi, you chose well! I second Sunflower’s recommendation; make it a day of pampering for you!
JulySeaCoast, it just sucks big time when we romanticize the days when we could have a couple of glasses of wine on the weekend, those days ended a long time ago, replace that thought with 2-3 bottles of wine, passing out on the couch with the TV on, waking up at 3:00 a.m., confused and then horror stricken when you realize that you did it again, and feeling and looking like sh*t for the next few days. Not much to miss, huh?
Now is the time to establish new rituals, maybe alternating with Friday night pedicures, movies, or dinner out, and when Saturday rolls around find something to do outside of the house for a few hours. I guess these are things we all need to add to our plans, to keep the AV at bay.