Starting my own business???

So... seems like I write here in fits and starts. Nothing, nothing, nothing, then several posts all at once. There's another post rattling around in my brain, but I suspect I won't post it here because it's probably not really a public-appropriate post. Errr... not that I'm trying to mysterious and aggravating or anything.

Anyway... onto the point of this post, which is: I think I'm going to be starting my own tutoring business. Actually, I should rephrase that. I'm going to be officially starting my own tutoring business. I've been doing private tutoring off and on for the last couple years, as well as tutoring through the campus, but it wasn't a formal, official business. It just went in the "other income" on our tax returns, and, since that's a relatively small amount, it didn't really make much difference. It turns out, though, that if I'm an official business, there are lots of things I can do, and having a business license gives me a certain level of credibility, as well. So, I'm researching all kinds of stuff right now, about what would be a write off tax-wise, about what I have to do to become an official business, trying to find a place to set up a website, figuring out what to do to market my company (how weird does that sound, honestly?), and, well, just sort of drowning in details at the moment. It seems a little (a lot) overwhelming. Financially, I think it's going to be a very, very good thing for us. Truthfully, as far as my ego goes, it will be kind of nice. When people ask what I do, I'll be able to say "I own my own business". !! Does it sound silly to say I feel like I'm actually a grown-up, with starting my own business? I've had jobs before, but... well, I had a job in high school, too... Somehow, this feels very different. I'm really excited about this. And really scared. What if I screw it up? What if I get us audited? What if... Of course, there's also the possibility that everything will go beautifully, too. :) Heh. But, you know, that doesn't inspire worry, strangely.

Bleh. I'm tired. I think that's it for tonight, even though I was going to talk about how I actually came to this decision in this post, too. Anyway, I'm off to bed. I think. After I just look up one more thing...