It has been a few weeks since I have been working on this as I was waiting to get Pro Tools set up and working. Now that I have I should be ready to get back to my studies and practice recording again. During the time I took away from my lessons I have been using my time to take care of myself and others. Hopefully I'll have a paying job by the end of the day or very soon if not, as I am going back to the store I applied at for the third time. They tell me I have good qualifications and that they'll review me but if they don't today I'll need to look for work elsewhere.
As far as chapter 8 and beyond, it may be difficult for me to remember the key commands, so I'll start making flash cards to practice them and try to use them as much as possible to cement them in my brain. Now I'm going to start chapter nine so I can catch up.