Sorry it’s been so quiet around here. As many of you know, I lost my father and my grandmother in two days. It’s been a difficult time.

That said, we’re nearing the magical day, and our emotions have shifted in joyous anticipation of this weekend. We keep checking the weather, and it’s been tricky to figure out what’s going to happen. The latest is that we can probably expect partly cloudy skies, and maybe a spritz here or there. Just to be sure, we opted for the ‘rain/heat’ package with the event planner, which means sidewalls for the tent and those fancy portable heaters for nighttime. Saturday night is supposed to get to around 50.

Melissa and I spent her birthday last Sunday at the liquor store buying all of the ‘necessities’ for the event. You can see the fruits of our labor below.

You're all a bunch of lushes.

We also spent the better part of that afternoon cleaning up the Airstream for our big trip. We washed the outside, vacuumed the inside, changed the linens, etc. I even installed LED lights in the ceiling to replace all of the battery-hogging halogens that were in there. It now looks like a spaceship inside.

We wanted to remind all of you that are coming into town from afar and those of you who are staying at Sweetwater that our Friday night BBQ starts at 5PM. It will be at Sweetwater Farm, out back. Come hungry, the spread will be impressive.

More soon. Get ready to get ready.