Happy March! Happy 40 plus 1 week! You treated yourself mighty fine for your birthday. I'm taking lessons from you for my 40plusten next month!
Just before I saw your post I was thinking to myself about this life. It's not where I want it to be, but I spend more hours now with H each weekend these months than the accumulated time in a whole month for the past 4 years.
I think for you and me both, they've been 'gone' so long that it would be too much of a shock to all of a sudden have them back 100%. That would be a death sentence for the M, IMO. We need time to merge them back into the lives we created without them. KWIM?
Enjoy the extra time you're getting when your H comes around. Keep the rest of your life moving forward while leaving room for H to join you. That's what works best for me - and patience.
Live your life while you are still living. Riding the trail less traveled.