Oh don't worry - I got your back there. I can act as a sort of embarrassment magnet and pull it away from you.
Besides, next year will be after a longggg winter-season-dry-spell-of-no-riding and it will take you that many more times of riding to get up to speed compared to if you just went now.
Lot of trails at MM too that you can ease yourself into the place with. Moosepackers, Brakeless and Race Of Spades are really fun trails too. We'll do Moosepackers on our XC bikes, it's more of a "mostly downhill XC singletrack" with a few flowy berms and a couple switchbacks.