When I am working, the mostly what I get is when DH goes out of an evening and the kids are in bed (he is an avid sports fan - so is at least about once a week I reckon) - I like having that time - although we tend to do our own thing in the evenings while watching TV - it is still nice to be totally alone sometimes. We were talking about it the other day because lots of DH friends other halves have rules about how often they are allowed out (or that could be just an excuse they tell him) - and I was saying that really I often look forward to that time - while it is nice to be together, I also quite like having the house to myself - so if he wants to go out he should go for it. On the weekends he often offers to take the kids out for a bit, and I sometimes take him up on it, but more often than not during the day I would rather just go and do whatever interesting thing they are doing (part of this is cleaning avoidance on my part I reckon)

Between contracts I get some alone time when they are in daycare - and I do enjoy that.