Glad to hear that you've accomplished what you set out to do. And damn quickly, at that. A man on a mission!
As with many skills, it'll take some time to get to that level of comfort where you can write a block of code with refering to any other resources, but it's a great feeling once you do, and you're able to say "I did that!"
VBA has its critics, and they tend to have some good points. The two things, IMO, that VBA has going for it are it's (generally) easy syntax (as compared to other programming languages), and its availablity. It's included with every copy of the best selling office productivity software, and has been for years.
I've often commented to people that you don't get a programming environment free with a good spreadsheet, you get a spreadsheet free with a good programming environment. Is it perfect? Heck no, but man, you can do a lot with it just the way it is.
