I work full time in a very demanding job, have two kids on my own (except for 48hrs a fortnight) and live by myself.

I honestly don't know where I would fit "partner/couple" time in at the moment, except for those 48hrs a fortnight. My routine is very strict - I do housework on set days and times, mostly after the kids go to bed until 8:30, then a little "me" time until usually about 9:30pm, then work-work (as opposed to house-work) until the work-work is done. Sometimes that's 2am, sometimes it's not at all.

I have a "flexible" bedtime, because it depends how much work-work I need to do. However I always get up at 6:30am during the week, because I empty dishwasher/put washing on line/get lunches/start kid-getting-up-routine and have a shower all before 7:45am when I have to leave with the kids...

I tend to catch up on sleep on the 48hrs I have "off" each fortnight.

Sometimes I don't know where I'd fit it all in... I'd probably have "couple" time in the hour of me-time I have between 8:30pm (kids in bed at 7:30pm, housework until 8:30pm) and 9:30pm when I usually start work-work. But that would probably depend on how much me-time I needed!

It's a difficult balance, Leasha, and I wish you all the best in working it out.