An 'Outlander' fan's Droughtlander survival guide

There are rumblings that Outlander Season 3 filming has already begun in Glasgow. That suggests a shorter "Droughtlander" than last time, but still . . . Lacking the stones to time-travel ahead, here are a baker's dozen ways to distract yourself while you wait:

1. Re-watch Seasons 1 and 2. Yeah, you've done that 15 times already. But do it with a purpose: creating your own fan video. Here's a sweet one:

For extra points, try syncing the whole thing to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

2. Reread the books. Yeah, you've done that 15 times, too. But did you annotate them like this lady did? Impressive use of Post-its, Martha Lea B!

3. Tired of your man mocking your Outlander obsession? Give him a time-travel obsession he can relate to, Darryl Brock's If I Never Get Back. It's about time travel - and baseball.

4. Research your Scottish clan ancestry .

5. Now pick your plaid.

6. No Highlanders in the woodshed? Go back one step and pick a plaid anyway. And watch this:

7. Join an Outlander fan club. If you're a natural leader of men (and women), create your own Outlander fan club.

8. Play the Bear McCreary "'Outlander' Season 1, Vol. 1" soundtrack till it bleeds. Then, while you wait for the Season 2 soundtrack (out Oct. 28), make your own Scottish playlist. And no Irish filler, ye ken? Scottish music is different. And better. Prime example, complete with Scottish Noises:

9. Drink your sorrows away at Highlands,  a great Scottish bar in Manhattan's West Village. It's owned by a friend of Caitriona Balfe's. Sam Heughan calls it "a home away from home." Slainte!

10. For hours of pointless, time-wasting fun, Google the phrase, "Are Sam and Cait dating?"

11. Sweat for Sam, and a good cause, the Bloodwise blood-cancer charity, at the actor's My Peak Challenge. Put it on Twitter - Sam may Tweet ya back!

12. Bridge this painful break from 18th-century fantasy with 21st-century technology. Outlander is all over social media: On Twitter, follow @Outlander_STARZ, @Writer_DG, @jongarysteele, @RonDMoore, @draiochta14 (costume designer Terry Dresbach), @TallShipProds (executive producer Maril Davis), @TheMattBRoberts and, of course, @caitrionambalfe and @SamHeughan. Cait and Sam also post lovely stuff on Instagram. Find lots of (mostly) ladies who share your pain through this nice compilation of fan sites and such.

13. Finally, while you're stuck in the present, missing the past, peek into the future. Author Diana Gabaldon posts lines from the Outlander book she's currently writing (Book 9 in the series, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone) here.