Thank you for the replies. After I posted my concerns, the issue cleared up! It was a meer-ah-cul! It was so nice breezing through the lessons after the clog cleared.

...why does this stuff always happen at critical junctures? (rhetorical question)

...I climbed a mountain and I turned around.
...saw a computer monster trying to drag me down.

...if you see my refledction in cold cover steel...
...the computer monster dragged me down...and ate me.

:D