Lelit Mara X Cappuccino after 8 days

I am progressing and improving. I have made a couple of videos now, 2 I will upload today. I am happy to see the progress I've made in just a week, even though my latte art in this vid was a disaster :). My pump pressure was a bit lower than usual when extracting my double shot 18g. Otherwise it is always at 9.5 bar (set from factory).
Although in the end I didn't get the foam as I wanted haha. It got too thick , and also I think I was too quick to use the machine after it had being in eco mode.
Normally the frothing is really quick(not too quick, but just perfect) and nothing I have to worry about in terms of waiting for it. You just have to know how it works. I don't see any problem with it being capable of pulling back to back shots.
After starting the pump I it has a nice pressure that encreases slowly in the beginning after starting the pump on the mara x.
My first drops usually are between 10-12sec, I've heard that some use the lever half way a little to soak the coffee before starting the pump. So I far I don't find that necessary. What do you think?
I will check what temperature settings I have on the machine. I was a bit confused since I have 3 settings on the front and 2 settings on the right side and did not really know which of them that did what (espresso mode steam mode , hot or warm, maybe read the manual maybe ? Haha )
This week- end I have been playing around with it trying different grind sizes and improved my routine with distribution even though I yet don't have a proper leveler.
What I now would like also is to learn different recipes also for for example americano (now I have what I call my own strong americano 18gr in and around 42 grams out plus around 50grams water on top), Macciato latte, cappuccino and flat white