Since your home early today... Fix yourself a good dinner tonight. Nothing frozen. Or, go pick up some take out from somewhere good. Maybe a movie afterward. Have you ever seen the movie Diary Of A Mad Black Woman? or Why Did I Get Married? both by Tyler Perry. They are really good. I have a good Christian friend who is black, and she got me into Tyler Perry's movies.
I was also thinking... How about getting a cat. A warm body that would be glad to see you when you came home each day. I know you live in an Apt, that's why I said a cat. They are more independant than dogs. A dog is good too, but more dependant on you.