Assalamu alaykum
awww, shadha, insha Allah you'll have your cat, and there's no harm in going home often as ur only 30 mins away! Make sure you have a nightlight and maybe like a portable radio or something? Mr.z was going to go away for a night and 2 days for a 'boys weekend' and I was cool with being alone at night...until I saw snippets of the Ring
you won't have any TV so you'll be fine insha Allah. Try to befriend the neighbours, too.
Will you have the car?