I'm at exactly 8.0 hours in to my training after yesterday's lesson
Lesson before yesterday was TERRIBLE and made me start to question everything about flying. Turbulence was awful and I had a miserable lesson, to where I really didn't feel like I was learning much, except hold on for dear life. Instructor said I did fine, but I was NOT comfortable and did not feel as in control as I had in the past. But when I reviewed my video with my father, he said I was doing everything right, so that gave me a little bit of a boost. Yesterday was much better, couple of hiccups, but did pretty well and had a decent landing to cap it off.
And got a nice surprise in the mail when I got home...my student pilot certificate arrived!