Hang out with the hound. People have asked me if it's hard doing the whole BC thing alone. I think that compared to living with a bunch of self absorbed ingrates, it's a doddle.
Go on strike. Better still, get into the Otis Foundation website and go on holidays. Don't tell any one, just make the booking, take a friend and leave them a note stuck to the empty fridge saying you will be back on Friday.
Otis holidays are great. It only costs you the fuel to get there and the houses are all set up so you can self cater. Give them a wake up call and have a rest at the same time. Yours in selfish old cowdom, Marg.