Seems like its working...am I just not being patient? Hard to tell what step I am on behind the scenes compared to what its telling me...
2018-07-13 14:07 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.py:665 - Executing popen: ['/usr/bin/bitcoind', '-datadir=/home/me/.bitcoin/']
2018-07-13 14:07 (INFO) -- SDM.py:443 - PID of bitcoind: 4738
2018-07-13 14:07 (INFO) -- SDM.py:444 - PID of armory: 4704
2018-07-13 14:07 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.py:665 - Executing popen: ['python', '/usr/local/lib/armory/guardian.py', '4704', '4738']
2018-07-13 14:07 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1850 - setSatoshiPaths
2018-07-13 14:07 (WARNING) -- SDM.py:396 - Spawning DB with command:ArmoryDB --db-type="DB_FULL" --cookie --satoshi-datadir="/home/me/.bitcoin/blocks" --datadir="/home/me/.armory/" --dbdir="/home/me/.armory/databases"
2018-07-13 14:07 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.py:665 - Executing popen: ['ArmoryDB', '--db-type="DB_FULL"', '--cookie', '--satoshi-datadir="/home/me/.bitcoin/blocks"', '--datadir="/home/me/.armory/"', '--dbdir="/home/me/.armory/databases"']
2018-07-13 14:07 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1900 - Setting netmode: 1
2018-07-13 14:07 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1900 - Setting netmode: 0
2018-07-13 14:07 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1882 - loadBlockchainIfNecessary
2018-07-13 14:07 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:4619 - Dashboard switched to "Scanning" mode
2018-07-13 14:07 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:4619 - Dashboard switched to "Scanning" mode
2018-07-13 14:10 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5400 - BDM is safe for clean shutdown
2018-07-13 14:10 (INFO) -- SDM.py:457 - Called stopBitcoind
Log file opened at 1531516027: /home/me/.armory/dbLog.txt
-INFO - 1531516027: (main.cpp:23) Running on 4 threads
-INFO - 1531516027: (main.cpp:24) Ram usage level: 4
-INFO - 1531516027: (BlockUtils.cpp:907) blkfile dir: /home/me/.bitcoin/blocks
-INFO - 1531516027: (BlockUtils.cpp:908) lmdb dir: /home/me/.armory/databases
-INFO - 1531516027: (lmdb_wrapper.cpp:388) Opening databases...
-INFO - 1531516028: (BlockUtils.cpp:1091) Executing: doInitialSyncOnLoad
-INFO - 1531516028: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:169) Reading headers from db
-INFO - 1531516028: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:208) Found 7993 headers in db
-INFO - 1531516028: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:51) updating HEADERS db
-INFO - 1531516037: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #2
-INFO - 1531516048: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #3
-INFO - 1531516052: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #6
-INFO - 1531516060: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #7
-INFO - 1531516064: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #10
-INFO - 1531516081: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #11
-INFO - 1531516085: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #14
-INFO - 1531516101: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #15
-INFO - 1531516106: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #18
-INFO - 1531516127: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #19
-INFO - 1531516130: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #22
-INFO - 1531516157: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #23
-INFO - 1531516160: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #26
-INFO - 1531516178: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #27
-INFO - 1531516190: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #29
-INFO - 1531516200: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #34
-INFO - 1531516221: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #38
-INFO - 1531516246: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #42
-INFO - 1531516273: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #46
-INFO - 1531516293: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #50
-INFO - 1531516314: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #54
-INFO - 1531516337: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #58
-INFO - 1531516376: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #62
-INFO - 1531516385: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #66
-INFO - 1531516407: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #70
-INFO - 1531516429: (DatabaseBuilder.cpp:268) parsed block file #74