Hello, Wendy, welcome aboard. You have a wonderful name, by the way - you share it with my daughter.
Wow, an 8" (200mm) with GOTO is a decent sort of machine. I bet it's not cheap either. Nevertheless, even if you do go ahead and buy such a beast I recommend that you try to learn - just using your eyes - the main constellations in the night sky. A planisphere costing little more than a couple of hamburgers and a large bucket of chips will be a great help.
Not having owned a 'scope with GOTO capabilities I cannot help with advice on the use of such, but I'm sure there will be plenty of comments from other members of this site.
Good luck.