Thanx Rusty.  Yep, I one of those OCD (obsessive
compulsive) type people. If
it ain't perfect then fixate on it!  You're
absolutely right about getting
comfortable with the plane.  That's mostly what I
did today- lots of turns,
climbs, and descends.  But in case of emergency my
landings suck! They don't
suck if I actually get it down close within the
first 1/3rd of the runway.
But I'm tending to come in way to hot and high. It
took 3 passes today to
get it down - when I did on the 3rd try it was a
"greaser" - but if I'd had
to land on one of the first 2 approaches I would
have been touching down
about where the end of the runway was!  So, next
time I go out it's going to
be a lot of pattern work. I want to get that
no-power-landing nailed so I
can pick a spot and land on it if something ever
does go wrong.