Preparation

A list of preparations (cosmetic and non-cosmetic) I've made for the first day of classes Wednesday:

• Worn jeans, shorts, T-shirts and sneakers as often as possible
• Purchased teacherly brown leather briefcase
• Not shaved so that I can shave Tuesday night
• Chosen an appropriate ice-breaker question
  
• Looked at the ID photos of my 16 students online a dozen times and tried to become familiar with their names (difficult since all my female students have long, wavy brown hair)
  
• Put materials on reserve, online and at the library
• Negotiated film screening times from the bureaucracy-obsessed classroom managers (this one's still in progress; they seem to think I have $70 to spend to rent a DVD player and TV for a Sunday night screening)
• Ordered black knee-high boots from Zappos (should arrive tomorrow)

Unfortunately, this still leaves the question of what exactly I will say and wear the first day of class, but both can be obsessed over between now and then.