Wow, I had no idea about the relative numbering.

One more thing that eases my daily frustration is

    set scrolloff=6

The above prevents getting the cursor stuck at the bottom or top of the screen, unless you're at the absolute bottom or top. 6 lines is perfect for me at 1920x1080, 13.3", 16pt Droid Sans Mono Regular.

It might help you if you find yourself scrolling down to move the view around, then scrolling up again to get where you want to edit.