Just signed up. Username is same as above. I PMed you.
Any places for guides on how to get started with all this if your new to bitcoin stuff?
Step 1 is to buy bitcoins. The safest way to do that is through an exchange, like circle or coinbase. Give them all your documents, initiate a buy, and in a week you'll have the coins.
Step 2 is set up a wallet on your computer. I use electrum but there are a bunch of good ones. Once you have the coins on the exchange, send them to your wallet.
Then you just send from your wallet to wherever you want to deposit and when you are done playing, withdraw back to the wallet. When you want to 'cash out', send coins from your wallet to the exchange and sell them. The technology behind bitcoin is very impressive and complicated, but the actual act of sending and receiving is very easy and intuitive.