Welcome to the forum from another new guy just learning. You will indeed get lost in the tons of information available in this forum.
As for learing about cheese processes, I noticed that the book Mastering Artisan Cheesmaking by Gianaclis Caldwell is recommended over and over across this site, so I ordered it and it arrived yesterday. It is absolutely an amazing book on cheese processes for all types of cheeses, it has pH points in the recipes, and I highly recommend it just from a cursory bit of reading last night. It's exactly what I wanted in order to understand more about making cheese. YMMV