aka hookers place is good. You sound like you need a ground course so go to the next one you can and get the subjects done.
In the good old days hooks wouldn't let the intructors teach directly from the book so they had to know what they were talking about, I'm sure that hasn't changed.
good luck
ps. with the 10th birthday in oct it would be good timing to head up that way, hooks is well known for great Pi@s ups
