No singing for me either. I actually thought I would after reading all the stories of other people's solo songs, but when I am nervous I talk to myself rather than sing, and I did plenty of that...
One thing I will always remember is finding myself 250 feet above circuit height as I began the downwind leg. I had reached 1000 during the turn onto downwind and was so busy trying to not
it up, I
ed it up
Quick look at the altimeter, and a sudden rush of panic, no big deal of course, but *something* had gone wrong and it bothered me.
I calmed myself with the following words (verbatim)..
"No no! Don't
yourself, you *know* how to handle this!".
Snapped me to my senses, I reduced the power a little and glided back down to 1000.
Was a great experience, but did breathe a heavy sigh of relief to be back on the ground. Had put so much pressure on myself, felt great to have done it.