welcome to the club!!! hope you have deep pockets cause this habit is worse than cocaine!
there are lots of folks out there who prefer not to get "stuck" with a newbie but on my very first ocean dive, i got buddy'd up with a former dive instructor and all i did was follow and remember my training. when we surfaced, he thanked me for being so easy.
newbies ain't bad... but just like anywhere else, a few give them a bad name.
but the scuba community in general (from what i've found) is very open and accepting and eager to bring more into the fold.
so again, LEARN what you can in class and practice in the pool and maintain a cool head when you go out there.. before you know it, you'll be dissing those other newbies
