I think that you need to rember that your instructor only singed you off to solo under his /her supervision under weather conditions that they are there to observe. One of the reasons some instructers solo students early in training is to build their confidence and to help improve the learning...
I did an hour under the hood yesterday. I was surprised at how mutch I had to fight the urge to turn left. but after an hour of check heading and altitude I was becomeing able to hold altitude and some semblance of a heading and not bust my heading changes and new altitudes while the instructer...