Welcome to the most useful and friendly forum on the net ricsgrl.
You are off to a much better start than most of us. I couldn't get my W to even look at the cover of the book let alone read it and here I am six months later with a love life 12 times better than then! (3x per month instead of 3x per year).
Your title says "So many questions? So little time..." and you will find that there are plenty of people, woman and men (mostly HD but some LDs too) who will try their best to answer your questions. As to the time. Well many of us have been in SSMs for 20+ years so you are ahead of the game.
One first suggestion. Don't think of yourself as ricsgrl. Be your own grl! Ric must earn the right to be grlsric!
SD - Feeling great and wishing everyone the best of luck.