I have a very expressive face. As someone who’s face will sometimes just emote, try not to read to much into this. Words and actions matter more. Faces will sometimes do whatever they do.

In the short term, leasing to a farmer isn’t a bad idea. It looks like a lot of your tentative plans will take time and money, so a short term land rental might be a good idea.

Being a DM is not about telling YOUR story, it’s about coming together with your players to create a story. So even if you are going off a pre-written campaign or story you created, you are incharge of the story. Let the rule of fun reign. If a battle is taking forever you can cut down the number of enemies or the enemy’s abilities. Your in charge and if done right your players don’t even know.

Thanks to the internet you also don’t even need much. Get your hands on a core book and a dice set used by all is all that you need to play. Sure maps and miniatures are fun but some systems don’t need them, some players are perfectly fine with the theatre of the mind play, or some small toys on a self drawn grid on sheet paper can work.

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle is a fav of mine.

I mean, I guess. But normally I’m the one putting my best foot forward. I also don’t have to read my replies to figure out my personality before I show up to make sure my personality isn’t to far off from me.

Remind me again why this isn’t catfishing?