captain, if the weather is nice over the next week, give me a quick bell.
i recommend
http://www.skyviewcafe.com/skyview.php
set up your latitude and longitude, and you can a very good feel for what is around and when. it will make it great to find m8 (the lagoon nebula), m6 & m7 (clusters)
have a good play with this when the weather is bad and familiarise yourself with m6/m7/m8 patch of sky. stay small at the moment, so that you should be able to recognise this area nice and quickly. Remember that when you go to look thru the scope, everything will be upside down and back the front!