Camping out back is a great idea. Make sure you have the dogs with you so it is a bigger circus. Then find a place to go in the mountains so it's cooler (fewer bugs). Can you build a small fire? I take my team camping/hiking every year. It is a great bonding experience.
Cheers
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.