Hi PCA,
I'm kind of in the same place at the moment, although my lesson frequency is limited by work commitments and the weather.
My flying mood is up and down like the proverbial bride's nightie at the moment, with a "bad one", followed by a "great one", followed by a...
I'd echo the comments about the first circuits being a nightmare! It really does settle down quite quickly as more stuff becomes automatic, leaving you a few spare brain-cells to think about things.
Have a read of my blog at
http://blog.myspace.com/nigeleaton and you'll see that I'm currently on an upswing. I expect that to change tomorrow!
Nigel