Head in the clouds!!!

This past weekend I flew a Cessna 172...It was amazing!!! When I first got the the airport I was a little on the nervous side, not really knowing what it would be like to have control of a plane. I met my instructor Bob and we did are pre-flight checks, a lot more to check then you might think. I climbed into the captains seat and stared at all the gauges only inches in front of my face...how was I going to keep all this straight? Lucky for me there isn't a test after the first flight! Some more pre-flight checks and explanations of the gauges and what they do and how to use them and I pulled on my head set for taxi-ing to the runway. Talk about strange, ever try steering your car with your feet? Well thats how you keep the plane going were you want...foot pedals that control like a steering wheel and double as your brakes. Gonna take a bit to get the feel for that, I kept reaching for the "yoke" which is what you call the steering wheel....I actually called it the steering wheel and was corrected "its called a yoke" Bob informed me. Bob cleared us with the tower and we made it to the runway. He turned the plane into the wind so we could do final engine checks before take off and He told me to steer us down the center of the runway and when we get to 55 knots pull back on the yoke to get us into the air....it all happend so fast and before I had time to think we were in the air and I was flying!!! I was floating on cloud nine, but realistically we have to stay 500ft below the celing...rules and all....I flew about 8 miles from the airport, did a couple turns and compass readings then took us back for final approach. Crazy how fast the airport comes up and how slow you can get a plane to go before the stall horns sound. Bob did the landing...I'm pretty sure you'd be reading this in the news paper had I tried landing...thats gonna take a lot more training! Once you fly you get addicted, its the feeling of pushing yourself to try something new and the exhilaration that comes with it. I can't wait to do it again!!!