I understand how you feel. Some of my groups meet over Zoom but it's not the same as meeting in person. If there's something that I want to give someone, like a borrowed book, that can't be done online.

I can screen out people noises too. In college I found it easier to study in the cafeteria where there was a steady hum of conversation than in the library where sounds were disruptive. If I'm reading when hubby wants to tell me something he's screened out until I realize he's talking. Then he has to start over again.

Nancy