You all have been truly kind and I thank you for all the encouraging comments.
Today the only thing I did was wipe off a table and move my brother serger to it. Not a vintage, and one I paid way more than what was necessary to get a good serger. I just didn't know anything about sergers and wanted to get a good one. Now that I have it, I'm afraid of it. Plan to conquer that fear and start using the thing. I have trouble with 1 tension knob, let alone 4!!!! lol