FFS, Do I really have to explain HERE of all places that when you have a husband/father/live-in partner you get breaks, small ones but you can say "hey honey watch the kids I'm going to the store really quick." It's way different when whilst you have your children(especially small ones) you have to be on all the time, where you go they go. So yes, after covering for him on his days for two weeks, Mom needs a break and I feel zero guilt about that while still being a good loving parent. I hate that I only get my kids half the time, but since its just me when I have them, those breaks are what allow me to be the best parent I can when I have them.
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Also, I'm complaining about the fact that I always take any chance to have extra time with my kids but hes asking SO much lately for me to pick up days, that a) he's hardly seeing them which makes me sad and b)I go very long stretches of solo parenting.

I've done it many many times while he has been deployed so I CAN do it, but there's no good reason he shouldn't be trying to spend all at least 50% of the time with them. So I find this response baffling, as if it were the type of response one of my friends would give because they have no perspective on the matter.