My best friend lives in a different country to me and I haven't seen her in 2 years. She's coming next week and will be staying at my house for 3 weeks. However I've been having a rough time recently and  I'm feeling a lot of anxiety when thinking about it. I've been unemployed for over a year now and I moved to a new city during the lockdown so I haven't made any proper friends yet. I'm starting university next month so I'm hoping that will help my anxiety when it happens, however at the moment it's only adding on to my anxiety a bit as I'm kind of nervous for that too.

I think I'm partially anxious because I definitely feel like I've lost a lot of my social skills during the lockdown. Even though she's my best friend, I'm really worried I'm gonna say something awkward and stupid in front of her. I'm also anxious because since I'm unemployed, I usually stay home all day and do nothing basically. That + the fact that I couldn't go out due to lockdown for 8 months has made me not as enthusiastic about night life. I really can't be bothered to go out drinking anymore, especially as I'm almost always tired and wanna get into bed by midnight all the time now. I'm also worried about the fact that we're gonna be doing stuff most days and I worry it will be tiring and overwhelming.

I have actually talked to her about all this and she's totally understanding and said we can have days where we do nothing, and if I ever feel uncomfortable or anxious we can take a break or do something else or whatever. She has mental health issues as well so that does make me feel better as I know that she knows how it feels. However, when she's had mental health issues, she would binge drink (however she doesn't do that anymore). Whereas when I struggle mentally, it makes me want to not drink at all. So I'm just scared I'm gonna be a party pooper basically. 

Any tips/advice?