I love my tablet, although it is HUGE....there is no great place for me to store it...LOL...I bought it 5 years ago and STILL am using it like crazy!!! I have never used the mouse on it....I hate that thing! I use my pen to draw in photoshop mainly. Now you can have hand-written journaling on your pages...isn't that so awesome! And SO EASY!!! It makes my life so easy...LOL
Just keep practicing, it can be very awkward at first....but you WILL get comfortable with it eventually.