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Heather. It will take lots of time for you to be able to accept and believe that you are now single and as you say, you are still married, and will be for some time yet. Its early days,and if I may say so, those friends of yours are mad. To jump into seeing someone else would be crazy.
Jim Smoke, a man who started off the divorce recovery workshops, and who has counselled loads and loads of divorced and divorcing people, says that it usually takes 2-5 years before you are ready to have another relationship, and that is after the divorce is completed. He also says he has seen many jump into another reationship/marriage too soon, and very often this results in another breakup. He also says that the less you can see the ex or soon to be ex spouse, the quicker you can recover and be able to move on.
For me it was 4 years before I felt emotionally ready to meet anyone else, and another 2 years after that before I did meet my now husband.
Do come back here and let us know how things are going
God Bless