And to the last paragraph: If it´s so bad not playing for a few days why happened then follwing to me:
I played 3 hours a day for 2 months till i went 4 days or something to the metallica concert in Austria. My friends(who are also guitarists) saw before and after the concert playing and they said i had improved myself a lot over these days and forgot that i wasn´t here. And I recognized the same: When i came back i was able to play the one solo, which i couldn´t before and so on..