Tried of listening to your girlfriend complain about her day while the game is now. You can do both with Astral Projection. You can be in two places at onces.
When Prue tells the story of how she ended up in the manor protecting Leo and her sisters while her sisters slept, she mentions that she had to use her astral projection power to get out of the manor to find Leo. She loses her powers, including this when given the offer from The Angel of Destiny.
