I have the exact same kind of friendships, we can fall out of touch for a year or more, but when we see one another it's like we never missed a beat, just some exciting catch up time ;)
Always glad to hear your feeling better luv!
I agree with @denmarkguy, seems like there's too many things on the table at once, hopefully the issues that people are most having difficulties coming to a consensus about can get tabled for another time and they can just bring forth the changes that the majority find positive :)