Hey there.
So all the advce you got is neat, just wanna add a couple of things
Honey is low on nutrients. Even for such a low ABV mead you want to add some nutrients such as fermaid K or O.
If you are new to brewing stabilizing is a bit complicated and you probably need to know a few other stuff too before you begin. Most of it is in the Newbee guide of the Gotmead page.
About short meads, I have done some around 6% ABV and I can tell you a couple of things. my go-to method is after pitching, aereate and add nutrients. then just close it and degas lightly everyday for the first three days. You can complicate yourself more but this is just the easy way. low ABV meads can get easily contaminated with acetobacter so keep an eye on that. With this simple method you get drinkable mead very fast with less work and risk. I let short meads sit for a month, then rack, stabilize and backsweeten, then bottle, and my bottles are absolutely clear of lees. You say you want to rack in 7 days, i recomend you wait more, at least a couple and up to 4 or 5 weeks, to ensure the ferment is well over (mine usually slow down at the end and take some good 15 days). You also want to shake the carboy 2-3 times per week while doing this to keep the lees in suspension. Stop doing it a week before racking so they settle down.
The tricky thing about session meads is giving them a good character. I dont want to complicate this anymore but im gonna leave you a link i saw in this forum posted somewhere, because you might be interested
The ABV for the recipes is a bith higher than what you look for, but just adapt the honey levels for desired ABV and all should be good. Definetly worth a look.
http://www.groennfell.com/recipes
Apart from that, a recomended recipe for beginers is JAOM (search it on google or here). its suuuuper easy to do, gives decent results and takes no effort. yields around an 11% ABV and sweet/semi-sweet so i know its not exactly what you are looking for now but since its so easy you might want to give it a try after this or at the same time (if you do follow the recipe EXACTLY).
Edit: Ah also there is this, in case you like podcasts:
http://gotmead.com/blog/gotmead-liv...eads-jason-scott-phelps-ancient-fire-meadery/