Joy, to answer your question, I think it will take a couple of weeks for the starter kit to arrive. We have some things in common. I just met with my demonstrator on Sunday (7/25) to sign up. I'm going to mail my info in today (7/26). Also like you I'm a teacher and yes, we picked an inconvenient time to do this with school starting up in August!
Good luck to both of us! Paige