Aurora, I’m overseas, so only my source of income (which is NJ-based) has been affected. I am hoping that things on that front will return to normal for me today. Glad to hear all is well with you.
As far as I know regarding women learning Zohar, I spent some time learning in a school run by a woman who suggested that women should spend their time first learning about all of the responsibilities that we have, which are very numerous, and deal with anything else afterwards. This would include, in her opinion, the things that only Orthodox men do (as opposed to Orthodox women). This would include putting on tefillin (phyllacteries) and tallis (prayer shawl).
Basically her idea was that a woman’s day-to-day obligations are so vast and the learning that she can do should be focused on them. An example of this is the 6 constant commandments. There are 6 commandments that we are supposed to be cognizant of at all times. Focus on these and on practical laws affecting your daily life. You can decide after you know everything there is to know what to learn after that.
Just as an aside, the Zohar would probably seem to be dealing with very esoteric ideas and things because without the foundation of knowing the entire Torah (written and oral), the issues that the Zohar deals with are probably meaningless. Since it is the men who learn the oral Torah, then the Zohar is really primarily for them to learn. You won’t find too many people doing that these days.