Gearing up for the next phase of solo training

My next phase is to practice cross-countries and landing at other airports.  My next phase is thus learning to navigate.  I'll start out navigating to our two practice areas (basically giant empty airspaces you can, well, practice in).  That will happen this week, then I'll start flying to those areas solo.  After that, we'll begin cross-countries to nearby airports, Lynchburg and Culpeper being first.  Then branch out to Richmond, Virginia Beach, and hopefully I'll get my FAA stuff in line to land at Leesburg.  Then I do it all on my own.  Whew...
I doubt I'll ever go to Dulles as a student simply because Dulles is big and daunting right now.  With Leesburg being so close to home, I see little reason to battle 747s for airspace right now.
All in all, I need 40 hours, minimum, in a plane as a student.  Of those 20 have to be with an instructor, 10 have to be on my own.  I'll probably make the other 10 a balance, but most people take about 45 to finish everything, so I'm just seeing how it all works out.  I'm at 15.7 hours, with about 2 of those being solo already.  I also have to work in night flying and some night landings, but that's all part of the 40.

And so I march..er, fly...on

Plane!!  Cessna-152 that I fly mainly.  It's my one non-human-best-friend.  Stuck in the 70s in terms of paint though...