Sorry about that. I passed out last night. Sleep may be for the weak, but if the shoe fits...
Anyways, it occurs to me that we totally hijacked what was a thread to welcome you into the community into basically a two way conversation. Not that you aren't culpable too, but I'm sorry. Maybe we should take this to PMs, so that other people have a chance to get to know you as well.
Either way, Everyone's capable of more than they realize. You shouldn't be discouraged by being short of what you need to be to achieve a goal. Goals would be worthless if there wasn't a journey between where you are now, and where you want to be. Having to make progress is no reason to give up. If you do that, you won't go anywhere.