Good for you. It's good, clean, fun. It don't even have to be expensive, really. Though a lot of folks would say your bike is mid (not old) school. That don't matter, either. Fun is fun. Wheels is wheels.
And as Smokin' Endo demonstrated above, there are a lot of great people in the community willing to help out.
Welcome!
Thanks for the encouragement. I actually noticed that MId-School forum shortly after I posted in this one.
I got started taking things apart yesterday. I found the brakes to be the most intimidating so far, only because I am thinking about having to put them together again. Next, I am going to be removing the bottom bracket and crank but I am not sure if need special tools. I went to my LBS and picked up a chain breaker but they said they'd have to see the bike to let me know if I needed anything special for the bottom bracket. Wheels seem a little scary too. The fun kind of scary though!