I just did a head gasket to, that was not a bright move a head gasket is only like 20 and the 30min-6hrs you can spend working on it is worth tons more. my problem was worse than yours though, i bought the engine for a dx non vtec civic for $5 and a 6-pack of hineys because a guy my friend knows thought he knew what he was doing so he put a new head gasket on the engine and it still didnt work. so I started messing with it, I pulled the head off and got the gasket off and I was heated. I thought I just pulled the head off for nothing. i look at the gasket and its perfect, not tear or cracks or anything so again I was pissed. the next morning when I could see better I saw the block and head(head was hung up on my cherry picker) and it had old gasket material from the original gasket, the dumb ass didn't clean the head. so I cleaned it up with a cookie disc and put it back together(with a new head gasket) and all is good and it runs like a charm.
Make sure you get all the old gasket off when you take that thing back apart(that is worse than reusing the old gasket) it can warp the head and give you a really nasty oil leak(it was about a quart an hr before I redid everything)