Today's the Day!

Well, today is setup day for the Apple Festival. We're picking up tables at noon, and then we're driving out there to get things all ready to go for tomorrow morning. I'm really excited, but I wish our family and friends were going to be there to cheer me on.
I know mostly everyone figures this is a stupid idea and I'm wasting my time, which is fine. I've gotten plenty of "Ummm...ok, well, good luck!"s in the past couple of months. But I've gotten just as many "Can I place an order?"s from total strangers, so I guess we'll see whose eyebrows are raised in the end.
And it's not really about believing it's going to succeed or fail. Neither Andrew nor myself care either way. I just wish a few people were taking the time to make the "horrible drive" to show support. Our parents come to visit, but that's about it. Andrew's mom will be here. I'm so glad, too. I'm really scared about doing this, and it means alot that she's driving out, even if she's going to be painting our apartment an hour away.
Andrew and I make a huge effort to make it downstate for every event and "happening" that involves our loved ones. It costs us about $80 in gas to make the trip, it totally throws off Lucy's schedule and screws her up for the entire following week, we have to drive at night so she sleeps, we sleep on air mattresses and couches and are completely exhausted by the time the weekend is over. But we do it, and we're so happy to. It IS a long drive, but it's worth it to us. We've missed a lot of events in Frostburg to be downstate, and have decided to forgo Lucy's first ever FSU Homecoming to be home for a very busy weekend at the end of the month. I don't really like to think about it, because I bought her that little FSU shirt before she was born. But we have 3 big family/friend things going on, and there will be other Homecomings. There will not be other housewarmings and baby showers, right? We've spent about every other weekend in the car for one thing or another this year.
We have had....3 events. Lucy's birth, which drew almost 15 people, Moving Day, which collected a grand total of 2 people and the Apple Festival, which will attract 1 family member from downstate.
Suzzy has been a staunch supporter of this whole thing, and would probably walk across the state to be here, which is why I'm going to make her the head of my Board of Directors when this thing finally takes off.
Mom is coming out next weekend, since she couldn't be here this weekend, and Lisa and Michael are coming out at the end of October, and I'm SO excited! It's going to be just beautiful out here, and Josiah will love all the fall stuff going on.
I don't know. I guess I shouldn't get upset about it, but sometimes it feels like people think crossing Sideling Hill is like flying across the country.
Ok, well, I have a car to pack, a lunch to make, a Suz to pick up, Tylenol to take, a nose to blow, a hubby to call, a Walmart trip to make, tables to pick up and courage to muster. Very busy.