Stop hanging yourself Prune1 - we've all done silly things. I've flown across the Florida Pan Handle at 2 in the morning, right across the Everglades, looked in the Left tank on landing and it was empty. Had two friends on board. Simple fuel miscalculation. Stalled a TB9 on the flare out onto the runway with 4 up and scraped the tail. Yep, had sleepness nights for a while but i'm still here. Made dumb mistakes but these mistakes have made me a dedicated safety conscious pilot, so at least something good has come of it.
TFS