Io you are right about getting busy.
Real engine falures are nothing like PFL's.
With the engine quiet and the prop stopped its nothing like coming down with the prop windmilling.
From the average height of a cross country in this country ( allegedly 2500ft) there is precious little time to get down safely.The only time I bent the plane was the only time I tried to put out a may day.
I tried to retune the radio and in my haste overshot the frequency, by the time I had retuned and put out the mayday, and then concentrated what was going on outside the window I was down to 500ft( approx) which just about gave me time to brief my son for the impact and take what was in front of me.
My ONLY advice to anyone faced with an engine failure is forget everything else and FLY THE BLOODY PLANE.
A friend of mine had an engine failure and trashed the plane and nearly killed his passenger.His comment to me after the accident was that he had remenbered to do everything "by the book" and was proud of that and the only bit that went wrong was the last few minutes!THEY ARE WHAT COUNT!!