Thanks for your support Andabelle. Unfortunately I think I've exhausted all the new activities that are avaiable locally. Swimming is great and yes you can do it alone but the point is I DON'T WANT TO. I'm not a person who is happy to be solitary, that's part of the reason why I had a bigger than average family. Look where it got me.
Classic example: Just after I posted last I had an email from my tutor asking if I would like to co-author a paper for publication based on one of the assignments that I recently got really high marks in. This is a very prestigious thing to be asked and I'm really excited about it (and have obviously said yes) but b/c I am home alone for another week yet I had no-one to share that with. One of my primary LL is words of affection etc and I'm not getting my needs met in this way (in fact right now I'm not getting any of my needs met)and it's quite literally driving me loopy.
Me 43 XH 45 M 2.7.88 Divorce 7.10.09 Kids D20,S17 & D15