Sock gone awry

So, I had this brillant idea to knit some ankle socks (which i've only tried before to no avail). I found a universal sock pattern picked out some yarn from the stash, swatched, matched the largest gauge on pattern and went for it. I'm merriliy knitting along the cuff, the leg, heel flap, turn the heel, then try to pick up gusset stitches. First time, I think I got it then realize I hadn't knitted back across my heel flap so i'm now knitting but in reverse of my pattern, so all i'm seeing is purls... DOH! Frog, frog, frog knit across the heel flap, pick up again, start knitting, then realize pretty quickly i'm decreasing in the wrong spot. (Okay bit of a sidetrack now. I have to admit something, I am a impatient knitter, I have a tendency to read too quickly, I read, then knit. Sometimes if I read, looked at my work and reread, I would not do stupid mistakes, but that is me, rush rush rush, Bad Heather!). So I realize my mistake, knit the stitches off until I'm at the point of the mistake, fix it and continue another row or so. I look at my sock. It's horrible. This yarn although matching the gauge of my pattern is too thick for my liking (as a sock) and i'm really doing a crappy job at knitting on two circulars. Here is my proof.

See the lovely hole, obviously I need to really pay attention when picking up the gusset stitches, I probably should have picked up another stitch there and decreased it to avoid the hold. Then there are my joins. That is a horrible line going up my sock, it's not as if i've never knit with two circs before, DOH!.

So what have I learned? Well for one, I need to work on my socks. Practice makes perfect, so I'm going to try again. Second, I'm going to slow the hell down and think before I knit. Hopefully this is just a minor setback. I'm ready to start again. I'm going to try working with the yarn I bought last friday. At least the color changes will keep me amused for a while.