Tutoring

I am now going to be tutoring a future student of mine for the last two weeks of summer. I spoke with him on the phone today and it was unnerving to be called "ma'am". Guess I'll have to get used to it. I am, after all, teaching and hoping to be Southern someday. Both come with ma'am.

In any event, I start tutoring next week. Next week is my indoctrination into the world of official professional teaching. I have new Catholic teacher training (I think this will best be summarized as "How to Bring Religion Into The Classroom" aka "Teach Kids To Say Prayers Before Tests"), high school orientation (my first look at all my students or "Wow, They're All Taller Than Me") and middle school orientation ("Why am I not teaching these kids instead?!"). Time to bust out my professional clothing. Eeeeeek.

Why is it that now that I have to look professional, I keep finding deals on ridiculously awesome casual clothes? Like my wonderful brand new boots that I got from the children's section of Target. Child size three. I think it goes without saying, I have the smallest feet.

Other things to look forward to:
- Return to my school for a night which means dinner/drinks with a friend. I love saying that I'm grabbing dinner/drinks with a friend. Sounds so adult and that is a sensation that won't get old for at least six months.
-Wedding with another friend. Having not been to a wedding since the ripe age of four, I cannot say with any certainty, but I do imagine I love weddings. I'm considering this one my test drive for my cousin's wedding in December. Knowing my family, I can say with certainty there that that will be quite the shindig.

Well that's about it actually. Not too much going on to loof forward to. School is starting, but that's also bringing with it a slight sense of foreboding about the challenge...