Well, stay with it! The tar will always be on the road so you can come back to that. One of the things that I hated about my instruction was that I wasn't old enough to move ahead. So I'd sit around, wash airplanes, then we would pickup an aircharter and I'd get to fly and then more waiting and washing airplanes. I would have much preferred just going through without all the waiting. Once you've got your ticket all you have to do it stay current. Don't forget about the hood time. Unusual attitudes during the checkflight unnerve a lot of guys. Also practice sticking your crosswind landings without "sticking" the aircraft like I did and still do. The instructors don't like it when you do that. They want you to stall it in the crosswind and I could never get the kite out it so I would just fly the dam thing into the ground power on! I could still grease 'em but the book says full stall. This is bullshit and it's probably the last time you'll do a stall landing in a crosswind in your life. 152's are good little birds and they fly easily. It's a bit more airfoil than the Pipers that I flew but more forgiving. Good luck and stay sharp!