opening help?


Yeah, focus on opening principles. Choose some more mainstream variation, learn 3-5 moves and just go from there.
All the tips I have concerning the opening phase for improving players are here:
https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/surviving-the-opening-first-steps-to-chess-improvement
Hopefully it will be helpful.

Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond