With work, friends, family, partner and kids, are you ever alone?

I need time alone. I need it to recharge. I don't care what I'm doing - I like cleaning the entire house when I'm alone, or doing absolutely nothing except sitting on my butt looking up useless stuff on the net. Or reading a book, or watching a movie. Anything. As much as I love people and will happily be the centre of attention, I crave time on my own without a single other person.

And lately that is seriously hard to come by. Monday and Tuesday DD goes to daycare and if DS will dare to sleep somewhere other than on my lap I can get some of that time and I'm ok, I'm happy. But that's all I get and I don't always get it. With two kids and DH there's always *someone*.

Today I took both kids next door toa birthday party while DH stayed home to do whatever, then he had them both while I went out to return a DVD and just tale my time on my own. But what do you do to get that time?