When I first started skating, I knew I was falling all over. The ice felt so slippery, and lifting one foot off the ice was next to impossible. Over time, I learned how to balance on ice, and I learned how to use knee bend to push myself forward and backward, as well.
I no longer feel as much adjustment going from dry land to ice. Obviously, the mechanics of skating is different, but if it's just basic stroking, I can stroke as well as I can walk off-ice. I know I can walk just as well off-ice years ago, when I first started skating, so if I feel no adjustment, I wonder if there are small changes that actually happened in the way I move off-ice.
Have you noticed a difference in your off-ice balance, etc? I notice now that I can stand well on one knee, probably better than before skating (although having never really cared about balance in the past, I never bothered to check it before.)