Best wishes and I hope you'll get from now to 'actually good' quickly. If you would want to join some real time talk instead of messages, remember that there is always Hubski IRC. Just don't get discouraged if no-one would answer, it's usually a good idea to wait for about an hour since talks commonly happen in bursts. I'm mainly saying that because people often go there, feel disappointed when after waiting for 20 seconds nobody responded and quit. It's not the worst place to hop in when bored :P.

And I guess that I should have known the answer about meeting. Perhaps another time? It is best left to be seen later anyway.