<human>: Summarize the given text in a few sentences.

We just passed the one year mark.

I'm working 60 hour weeks to save up enough that I can buy a ring and a house and get a family started before her baby-maker isn't up to making babies.

This week, I took a day and a half off work for basically stress leave. And she didn't notice. She treated it like a great opportunity to spend more time together and get chores done.

I work in a position where my hours are flexible and my goals are all long-term. If I miss a day of work, the world doesn't end, but the work piles up. I'm two months behind on some deadlines.

She keeps telling me, "You need to stop worrying about what's coming up, and spend more time just getting to things one at a time. Focus on what's in front of you."

Which is great textbook advice, but doesn't help me get back on track if new things keep coming at me and old things keep piling up. I don't think she understands that I need about five extra days of solid work and recovery time--without her--and I'm afraid that I could jeopardize our relationship if I ask her for that in the wrong way.

Can anyone help me figure out how to approach this problem? I want to ask for time to do my job without it coming across as "Baby, I think we need to take some time apart."
<bot>: Girlfriend loves me. Likes to spend time with me. I need some of that time back. How do I ask for it?