I remember my solo like it happened yesterday. My instuctor asked me to stop the a/c on the strip, then just opened the door and buggered off saying "off you go".
So away I went and what a feeling (which we all know) when those wheels first part company from mother earth. Then reallity sets in when you have to contact the tower and contend with traffic. Then on finals I was asked to go around as there was a RFDS flight wanting the same piece of mother earth that I wanted. That wasn't in the text book.
I have flown since I don't know when as I used to accompany my father on a lot of flights, and when he let me actually have the controls I had to use intruments as I could not see over the panel.
One thing I have learnt over the years, is that you are always still learning. Never think that you know it all as that is when it will bite you.