On BD1, she literally came to me, humbly, and said she wants to get back together. It was that simple. A few weeks prior to that, I did notice her attitude softened. After the wicked fights, protests, boundary violations, etc. I never reacted to her softening since it could be a sign of acceptance of the current situation, or, as it turned out, she was contemplating changing her mind.
What you are experience is temperature checking. I got the same on BD1, and now on BD2. She's checking to see how much of you she can get or how serious you might be of accepting separation.
Shouldn't matter what the current state is, GAL, hit the town. It helps take the mind off. In my BD1 it got her curious. In BD2, she doesn't care. For now. So for me, GAL is about focusing on my new life, taking my mind off things, and reviving the me that died years ago.