hi welcome Lauren,
I welcome u to islam the only religion in the site of allah[swt] i think u first revert to islam and then we u teach about offering of prayers because we dont know what will happen the next second because life is with allah and DEATH also is in the hands of allah .Iwill narrate u one incident which will be very helpfull to u[i think so]
when YVONE RIDLEY the women who was captured by the taliban after her return to london even she was thinking about reverting to islam but she was reading some islamic books "and a call to here from a shaik stating oh!!! ridley welcome to islam then she told that she is reading about islam she is not yet reverted then the shaik told u read about islam and then revert to islam and as the call was going to drop SHAIK TOLD IF YOU HAD DIED BEFORE 2 MIN IN AN ACCIDENT THEN WHERE WOULD U HAVE WENT??????????"
so my dear brother revert as qucikly as possible Inshallah allah will help u