Should I go on this weekend away

[RunsforCake14]

About 6 months ago I was invited on a weekend away with some work colleagues. I'm good friends with some but don't really know most of them well. There's around 20 of us going. It will be a fun weekend with a party planned for the Saturday evening.

I've paid in full. I just need to buy some food/drink for the weekend. However I don't want to go now. My life is a bit stressful at the moment and I'm not sleeping well. So I'd rather have the weekend at home on my own, catch up on sleep and housework.

I tentatively suggested to one friend that I might not go and she was horrified. She thinks I'll regret not going and sleep and housework can wait. While I know she's right in a way, I'm just not feeling very sociable at the moment.

I've three weeks to make a decision but if I say something now then there may be someone else who can take my place. But I also can't bear the thought of 20 women trying to persuade me to go. Should I just go and get in the party mood or take the rare weekend of quiet to recharge my batteries?

You say it would be a rare weekend of quiet. What are your weekends usually like? Could you take one of the other upcoming weekends as a quiet one?

My kids are away at their dad's that weekend. I usually work when they're not with me. But I rearranged my work because I was going away.

I think you should go... I think getting in a routine of not doing things and not being sociable isn't a good thing.

You're right, I'm avoiding being sociable. I just feel like my head is going to explode with everything I'm trying to keep on top of right now.
If I go away it will be a good opportunity to unwind. But then I'll be playing catch up for the rest of the week to get on top of everything again. I've got two jobs that are very busy at the moment. For one I'm self employed, so I can't just walk away from the work at the end of the day. I often end up doing paperwork until late.