Ah, the light is dawning and I do believe I am beginning to get the hang of this stuff. After falling off the bus and losing track of two whole days, it may be coming together for me.
Aside from my deplorable typing skills, I am starting to flow with the code being required in labs and assignments. I am still not by any means a pro, and do not have any grand aspirations to be some super techno geek. But, things are making sense and starting to appear less bleak.
I would also like to point out, though I missed it earlier, that I appreciate the wonderful comments that have been posted to some of my early posts and as I gain more experience hopefully I can start posting things of actual interest to someone.