Nah, that’s all G @Butch! That’s exactly the way to learn anything well, break it up into smaller pieces that are easier to handle.
I never think about what hole number I’m on when I’m playing harmonica. I’m just thinking about the sound of the note I’m playing and the sound of the note I want to play next and where that is in relation, if it makes sense.
So, my recommendation is get the sound of the scale in your head (singing it is probably the best way to accomplish this) and then exactly what you’re doing with working out the blow draw combinations and where to move to get those sounds.
See if you can connect that sound and the feeling of what you are playing, and then forget about the hole numbers and just get into the sound / feeling relationship if that makes sense. That’s my 2 cents.
Everybody learns different. But for me the hole numbers have really played into my learning process to much (except for occasionally when I’m learning something from tabs.)
Rock on Butch!
Aloha,
Luke