TJF97,
Welcome to Mazzys great thread,anyone can post on here and everybody learns from each others efforts, my advice as somebody who has held a PPL for 6 months is to do your training here in the UK.
Why, well I think we all fly better if we have our lessons closer together but, not all in a couple of weeks I certainly needed time for reflection , not a few minutes before the next lesson maybe a few days , if the training was intensive you wouldn't get that, some of my best decisions have come three days later whilst driving to work.
The one other thing I would do is if your lessons weathered off and you live close to the airfield go anyway , talk to your instructor ,talk to the engineers , hells bells even talk to the hangar cat ,you will learn something!
I learnt a hell of a lot talking to other pilots, just because its not fit for you to fly does not mean other people aren't , and you can if you are full of enthuasiasam(?) get a ride with them.
Good flying
Bob