Hiya and welcome, Dalton.
We all have our "orchid stories" that are all completely different..but always end up the same way.

I did a 'bad thing' 2 weeks ago and doubled the number of orchids I had (and it didn't stop there with purchase of 4 more since).
I recently got my 1st carnivorous plant that I thought was N. alata but I got a proper ID on here and turns out it's a N. ventrata.
Either way I'm happy with mine and hoping to keep it healthy and growing.
Again, welcome to the site.
yeah, get past the 5-post thingie and get some photo's up!