I remember my 1st couple of hours with fondness
I couldn't get used to the idea of shoving the stick forward to get the tail flying (was paranoid about over-cooking it and nosing over into the prop) and as for the take-off roll -
After 5 hours was very comfortable with the whole idea, and was getting some superb 3-pointers. Then it all goes horribly wrong after a cracking landing when told to 'expedite vacate next left' so still going a bit too fast started to turn to exit and found the tail starting to overtake me
Managed to get it back - just.
Moral is, don't disengage your brain for even the merest second as it can go a bit wonky very quickly.
Chippie is a wonderful aircraft to fly. You will 'get it' quite quickly, just remember to use your legs/feet a lot. Re. the meandering, it can help to have a couple of notches of brake on - this should give you a bit more (easier) directional control whilst you get used to handling it on the ground and in the roll.