Good for you for setting up the guest room! Sounds like the kids will enjoy it:-)
In regards to friends encouraging you to date, I always say that I'm not the moral barometer-that is not my job in life. However, for me personally, I could not date while married. Heck, I can't really date divorced:-). Seriously, for me it was an issue of going against MY moral barometer. My xh was well entrenched with OW and that's their deal. I could not look at my children or even myself and consider dating while m. That's just not the person I wanted to be. To each his own I suppose.
Good luck on the job front. Paws crossed for you!
3 kids BD 12/15/13 (IDKIILY. ) Rope dropped Cirque du Soleil style D final 9-9-14 "Some people are born on 3rd base and go through life thinking they hit a triple." Barry Switzer