Did they make you do a weather diversion yet? When I did my stage check I knew he was going to throw a surprise weather diversion in (I was tipped of by other students). Well, turns out we are flying towards a huge cloud bank, and I said "I think this would be a good time for a weather diversion". And the instructor just said "umm, yup, a very good time". So I got some experience doing an actual weather diversion. Turns out there was a trough parked over the area we were heading, and it caused some unexpected cloud formation. When do you take your solo x-country?