And get some good star charts or computer planetarium software.
www.stellarium.org is used by several and was recommended earlier by Jarrod. Then you can look up galaxies that you read about on this site and work out where they should be in the sky compared to the constellations and stars. Yes, spend most time on the stars and constellations now, but sneak in an attempt to find M104 or the M65/M66 close pair. In dark skies, around midnight, either right now or when the Moon moves away in 2-3 weeks, the worst you can do is not find them. I didn't find M104 on my first few attempts with the telescope, but M65/M66 I accidentally stumbled across with binoculars! All these three should be easily seen when you find them (dark skies, no Moon and collimated scope, using your 25mm eyepiece).