Finally a weekend….. and a rooted hero!
So I ended up having to work a 10 day stretch for my first 2 weeks back at work.. it sucked but man the weekend feels great!!!
I was also able to root my hero finally, took me a while to root it due to problems I ran into but it all worked out in the end.
It makes me wish I had a hero from sprint or somewhere else as it would have been easier to root.
I am currently running fresh 2.1.1 I know 2.1.2 is out but I ran into problems when I partitioned my sdcard so I went back to 2.1.1 and its working great.
I will most likely start to experiment with the other roms since now that I am getting used to everything!
For those looking to root their ACS or GCI/Digitel Heros check this tutorial out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6142906
I wouldn't recommend doing it unless you are confident about messing with the phone.

