the meeting!

This morning, I had a meeting with the Professor for whom I am working as a TA. It went very well…not quite what I expected…but extremely professional…which is not only required but also very comfortable.
Then something happened, something that got me “retrospecting” on a very distinct childhood memory.
When I was much younger, I remember being very impressed by this account of a novice journalist who got her “big break” when she stumbled across a colossal story by sheer accident!! She didn’t expect the publication to be as big as it got…but as she delved deeper (into her mind and heart), she realized that this was what she had been waiting for her entire life…the single biggest incident that would contribute to her career in a huge way.
I was that journalist today! And boy!! It was a ride!!
Here’s the conversation:
Professor: Hmmm…I have an idea! I have never done anything like this before but since you mentioned that you are interested in going into academia, this just struck me as a possibility. I am going out of town in February to attend a workshop and if you’re interested….
Me: Yes! Oh Yes!
Professor: ….so if you’re interested….I can let you….
Me: Definitely! I AM interested!!
Professor:…I can let you deliver 2 lectures to the students!!
Me: OMG! That would be a great opportunity! Thank you SO much!! OMG!! You don’t know how HUGE this deal is for me!!
Professor: Okay…lemme put that down then. You shall be a Guest Lecturer for the class on the days when I am out of town!!
THAT WAS MY MOMENT! MY BREAK! Life never rocked so hard!! The adrenaline got me so high that I was literally trippin!!
So this is the deal…I have to conduct 2 “extra classes” a week, grade homework and tests, supervise laboratory work, provide homework solutions, maintain office hours etc….AND (the best part)…deliver 2 lectures in February!!
I am SO nervous…well….more anxious rather than nervous! But man!!! Lets rock!

And I’ll end this on the note of a graphic tee I got today….”Tell your boyfriend I said thanks!!”
Ciao.
P.S. I got my cartilage and nose pierced 2 days back…4 words…TOTALLY WORTH THE PAIN!!!