Hi Angie,
Welcome to the forum. Sounds like soon you will blow us all away with the bonsai you'll be able to grow in your freetime!!
I wish I was in a position to toss the hat, and do bonsai fulltime. Guess I will have to serve the working force for another 32 year I am afraid (Retirment age was just raised to 67). Sigh. (Oh, and don't take this for being jealous; I can only imagine what it has been like in Iraq; I do a lot of work with Arab nations on education, even those friendly visits can result in pretty strong cultural shocks!)
Have fun, enjoy, ask questions. There are people here with all sorts of backgrounds, from pure indoor bonsai growers with only a year of experience to people growing bonsai in all shapes and sizes commercially. As you can read on the forum, I am somewhere in-between; Lots of experience growing plants, somewhat less specific on bonsai.
Welcome!