Hi!
New myself so I'm sending a big hello and a best of luck as you take your tests! I HATED the surface dive but everything else went OK - my dive master made my buddy and I go down at least 15 feet (not the 10 as promised!) to pick something up and I'm SO buoyant that it was a task!!!
We saw a lot of great stuff on our dives though, and it was a super thing to do, so I say...Be loud, be proud, and BE SAFE! I hope the diving bug bites you and that you get to do your wreck cert really soon, but Melvin's advice is good stuff - take it cool and do it right seems pretty wise to me!
See you wet -
Chris