HAHAH
All of it. I have a Newt and i cant work out which is up down when its reversed. I think i got pretty close last night but not as close as i wanted. and i wanted to photograph M42 but by the time i thought i would get at least 1min exposures it went behind the trees. it was 12:30 by this stage and i could hear the pillow calling otherwise i would not have been able to get to work and spend all day posting and searching the net for issues i am having with autoguiding also.
The problem i had was which direction to adjust the scope when the star drifts up/down and left and right.
but like you said practice makes perfect my problem is i understand things better when things are shown to me. I will see it done and it will stay in my mind, when im read how to do things my simple brain does not conpute!!
Robert