Why not? Really. Why not?

I'm a working mom. I'm busy all the time. My day usually starts around 7am and doesn't end until about 1 am. And who's to say I'm actually done? If one of the kids is sick, well, who knows when it'll end. Using the words mom and exhausted in the same sentence is a little redundant, don't you think?

Anyway, my husband, who I love very much but just doesn't get it sometimes, told me the other day, "You should get yourself a hotel room this weekend." Um, OK? No. He says that I need to get my rest. Yeah, that's true. You see, he knows that if I'm in the house the kids will use their mom-seeking radar to find me, no matter how hard I've tried to hide myself for just a few more winks of sleep. This isn't the first time he's said something like this. And it's not first time I've played it off as some kind of cruel joke.

So here's my question. Why not? I mean, really, why not? What would happen if I did take him up on his offer to get away for a night just to sleep? The possibilities are ENDLESS! Would I feel rested, I mean, if I was actually able to fall asleep without sharing the same building with my kids? Would he feel taken advantage of? Does he even mean what he said? Maybe he only said it because he knows I would never take him up on it. Who knows?!