Is anyone else sunburnt?

I am fried to a crisp, despite applying copious amounts of sun-cream. We spent a fantastic day at the beach yesterday and we're all looking very healthy. With the boys growing up now, it means that when we go to the beach they actually go off to play. My husband set them strict parameters of where they could go and how far and apart from one moment when they started wading into the sea, we actually relaxed.
I am starting to feel like my husband and I might actually start getting time to talk to each other again - and I don't just mean about who's making dinner that night or how the kids got on at swimming - but actual adult conversation. Is it just me or has anyone else lost the capability of talking to groups of adults? I mean adults who don't have children. Of course, it's easy to speak to other mum's, you've immediately got something in common with them. What I'm talking about is adults with adult jobs who watch adult things on the TV and listen to world news.....I think I need to get in training. Anyway, I'd love to hear from any other bloggers out there who feel the same as me. (Here's hoping it's not just me...)

Why oh why can't I get a job to fit around the children?

It's not much to ask is it? I gave up my career when I had children, but I was good at what I did...very good. I'd just like the opportunity to prove to employers that mum's who want to return to work part time might actually be quite a good thing. Does anyone else feel frustrated? I could of course choose a college course and go back to school to re-train but even that doesn't really fit in with the kids. Childcare is expensive and of course, I get the whole "mum, I don't want to go to an after school club, and you can't make me" - which just makes me feel even worse.

In a world that I have created for myself, I've ended up with 2 kids who rely on me to be there 24-7 and I need some of my life back now......help!