Keeping busy does help! It's one of the things I prefer here, to be honest. I can have an actual job and no one thinks it's strange or inappropriate. I find I don't fret about things quite as much.
No, no one I know has dropped in yet. I hope someday you find your friend, though. That would be such an adventure! How lovely, to have someone of your own time and your own place to go through all of this - all of this nonsense with.