Hi Lou,
I feel less alone every time I read your posts - it helps to hear how you are doing and to know that what we are feeling is pretty normal for the situation we find ourselves in.

One thing that I've found over these last few days of the holidays is that it's a lot harder without a routine. When I'm busy with work and school duties, I don't feel it half so much. But in these days post-Xmas when i'm on hols and there's nothing much that 'has' to be done, I'm brooding.

So, I really like your new gardening job, and the idea of going regularly to yoga. And if you can get that training course going,... and then a job.
You are right to just keep plugging along for a while; getting through each day is sometimes what it takes.

I like to go to movies... for couple of hours, I am completely out of my usual headspace. Maybe there's some 'discount' day you can go to? - I understand about not having the wherewithal to indulge in such things anymore.