should schedule downtime?

I think I may need to schedule more downtime on weekends. Otherwise, I'm inevitably falling asleep by mid-afternoon on Mondays. It's just so hard for me to say no to fun things.

Last weekend was a really good mix of events. Friday night was the annual Oakland A's luxury box outing. It's always fun chilling in a box, but this was actually a good game, too; it ran into 11 innings before the A's pulled it out with a walkoff double by Suzuki, who was 4-5 with a homer and 5 RBIs overall. The guys in the neighboring suites were really drunk and pretty entertaining, too.

Saturday was pretty chill during the day (bunch of errands plus yummy Chinese breakfast at China Bee, in downtown San Mateo). After dinner, we headed to a going-away party at Music Tunnel. It seems like we end up there about once every quarter, even though it's at least 45 minutes away. This time, because we had 15 people, we got the "Super VIP" room, where we stayed for five-and-a-half hours; slightly longer than usual.

I was in bed by 4am on Saturday but still didn't get up until nearly 11:30am the next morning, making me ten minutes late for basketball practice. From there it was a mad dash to get showered and changed for a 1-year-old's birthday party. I'm not sure if he understood that it was his birthday or not, but the rest of us had a great time, eating lots of yummy BBQ and homemade dessert, and then playing a couple games of Mafia.

So if I were really trying to do this whole downtime thing properly, I would have to figure out which of the following events to turn down for next weekend: a poolside BBQ Friday night at a coworker's gorgeous place in Atherton (they have a pool house the size of a small apartment), a going-away party later that night at a San Francisco lounge I've been wanting to check out all year, or a Sunday afternoon birthday party for a friend I haven't seen in forever. (Saturday is untouchable; I'm going to an amazing Japanese restaurant in the city, and then hosting a casino night birthday party in the evening. I've already decided to ditch a matinee showing of Wall-E.) What to do, what to do...