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Alcohol is excellent, but like you said there comes by smcchick
a point where you want to just get over it. Being really tired helps too because you get to the point where you are too tired to care.
If the popping of her ears drives her crazy, tell her to chew gum or buy the ear plugs called earplanes.
Bring an Ipad or whatever tablet she has, predownloaded with things to watch or read. Watching a movie is good for distracting yourself.
I know that some people swear by meditation, it never seems to work for me. A lot of people use it to get to sleep or calm themselves in stressful circumstances.