A few weeks ago, my husband held 2 fantasy football drafts in our apartment on consecutive nights. The drafts consisted of a wide range of AJ's friends, all of them boys. I could have gone in to the back and proceeded to grade my homework, alone. But instead, I plopped myself right in the middle of the room (on both nights) and graded in front of them as they participated in the draft. I was able to have conversations with them as I was grading, and had a good time.
Another example, a silly one, occurs every now and then at school. My dear friends Maria and Amanda always come by my office to see if I need to use the restroom. We like to go in groups. For the first few weeks of school, as I was getting everything together, I turned down a bunch of their requests. However, I have made an intentional decision to always join them, even when I don't have to go. I know you are laughing. But the conversations I have with them are more important than the coding of my lecture notes.