Since I couldn’t fly yesterday because of weather, Unal and I did an hour of circuits today. Mom stayed in the club where she could watch, and said she enjoyed it. I did 95% of the flight including radio, and did pretty well. I think we did five touch-and-gos, then one overshoot from full flaps, and then a full stop.
An interesting element to the flight was a flock of birds that stayed between 600 and 800 feet in the air, just past the end of the runway. We had to be careful not to hit one, or the plane would have been a mess. 
Unal said I should write the two tests and the check flight required to go solo, since I don’t have to learn anything more until after I solo.
That’s it for today; more later. My next scheduled flight is on Wednesday the 5th. So far the weather looks terrible (90% chance of snow) for Wednesday, but that can change 
When you sign up for a “solo flight” do you actually take the plane up by yourself or do you get exclusive control of the plane, but a flight instructor is there “just in case”?
I’m the only person in the plane. The only thing my instructor can do is talk over the radio from the ground, but that’s only in a couple of cases – for the most part, if I do something wrong, they leave me alone until I land!