Just do it. Don't be a baby and just do it. I believe in you Babs, regardless of your homeschooling.
I'm better at it now. We had this thing this week where some top people from the field came in. I was introducing my verb-hating trainee person to a bunch of them internally thinking "WHO THE HELL REPLACED PAINFULLY SHY ME WITH THIS PERSON SEAMLESSLY MOVING FROM ONE PERSON TO THE NEXT INTRODUCING THIS PERSON AND TALKING WITH THESE PEOPLE I'VE NEVER MET IN PERSON"
it was a happy moment in my brain.