Welcome and congrats, Jay. You'll find that the photographic skills that film forces you to hone will make you a better digital photographer, too. Soon you'll hopefully be developing your own film and it'll give you a sense of accomplishment nothing else can (besides darkroom printing!). Keep at it!
As you wander around you may just stumble across a forum which is designed for just this sort of introduction: (there was a url link here which no longer exists)
You will, however, be forgiven for not finding that in the first place.
Jay- Welcome to APUG, and the wonders of film. Enjoy the journey. Be patient with yourself- you'll learn with every roll you process.
PS- I wish the first roll of film I developed had an image as good as yours did. Nice start...
Jay,
Welcome to APUG from sunny Florida, glad you found your way to analog photography.
There is not a better feeling than to analyze a scene, shoot develop and process your own work from start to finish