vwdan has it right. you and everyone else.
You will find later on that you will love 'unusual positions' they are fun to do when you have got a bot more confidence.
Did anyone tell you it was easy? No it isn't. Learning to fly has so many different things to learn that there will always be something that will make you despair.
Having said that I have known people who have had the lessons for their own enjoyment and never bothered to take the PPl or even go solo some of them.