Are you and your husband able to get out? If so, I'd book a table somewhere every Sunday. Don't go to all the bother of preparation, cooking and washing-up.
If you can't get out, how about a takeaway, or a ready meal?
About listening to Leonard Cohen...I find his music so terribly depressing . Give yourself a rest - let someone else cook x
apple trees not flowering this year. Anyone else?
Children holidaying during term time.
How does a 'lived experience' differ from an 'experience'?