Taming the beast

I thought my guitar was pretty close to tuned right out of the box. I monkeyed with the fine tuners for a while until I got it to what I thought was perfect. Then I realized that one of the strings was tuned perfectly.... to the wrong key. There wasn't enough play on the fine tuner to get it right so I ended up retuning from scratch. It's not what I consider fun but it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. Once I got started with the complete retune, it only took me about 45 minutes. It would have only taken about 30-35 but one of the locking nuts was jammed in position and I had to gently pry it out. Whoever did the original set-up did a piss poor job.
I feel a lot better now that I got through my first tuning. I read MANY horror stories about people (even experience guitarists) who took several hours and broke multiple strings the first time they tuned a Floyd Rose. As long as you use the right technique, it's a piece of cake. I put together the best parts of several online tutorial (no individual covered the topic to my satisfaction) along with a little common sense ad lib into a solid process.
Then I started to play. It quickly became apparent that my left hand is no longer connected to my brain in any useful way. My fingers refused to cooperate. Anything that requires fingers on more than one fret is simply out of the question. There was no mirror around but I suspect I looked like a total retard when I tried to play some chords. It sounded even worse.
I'm starting to remember why I gave up the first time but I'm a lot more responsible now and committed to soldiering on. Giving up the first time is one of my biggest regrets so failure is not an option. I'm going to master guitar if it kills me.