My son got me into this hobby last summer. (Leave it to my son to get me in to bad habits :-)
Then he moved to California and left me with a 5 gal batch of mead, and I had no clue what to do with it. I discovered answers in the forums at this site. (I waited & racked & waited & racked and...
Through google.
My son left me with a batch of mead -- I wanted to make sure I finished it up correctly, so I did some research and found some good pointers here.
We bottled it in December -- tastes pretty good -- a bit rough, but the FAQ says wait a year or three and it will get better :-)