Do you have an hour this evening or even tomorrow? If so, just heat the oven to 450 degrees F. If there is stuff inside the chicken take it out and throw it away (or save for soup), dry it off with paper towels, coat the skin all over with salt and pepper and on the insides. Then put it on a pan and put it in the heated oven for one hour. Then take it out and let it sit for 15 minutes and it is ready to eat! You can cut it up (any old way will do but the prime breasts are on the top on either side of the thin middle bone) and eat it then or put it in the fridge for sandwiches or something tomorrow. If you are near a store where you can get some cheap macaroni or potato salad that is always a nice simple side dish. Get some fresh bread for sandwiches and all that needs is maybe some mayonnaise but I often just put some of the macaroni salad in there there with the chicken and some pepper.
Hopefully you have some people around there and I often find that the best thing to do in this situation is bring food over so I hope that you get some help in that regard. And then please come back here whenever you can and learn some more simple (or fancy) recipes! Best of luck and I wish you the best!
Note: The dark meat is mostly in the legs (and the wings maybe) if that is what you like. You can really get in there all over picking it apart with your fingers if you don't mind getting messy. There are little bits of edible meat all over so get right in there and get it all! You can even put BBQ or any sauce like that on it if you have some in the fridge.
I will post another recipe for Scallops with spinach, shallots, wine. Be tuned!
Adios Amigos.