Andrew the best thing I could tell you at this point is to buy cheapie kids toy radio controlled car, practice with it until you can maneuver that car straight out away from you make a turn and bring it straight back to you, over and over till you can slalom with it forward and back without having to even thing about left to right orientation.
See, with a car you goof it up over and over and just simply kick back on it;'s wheels and go, with a plane you only get one mess up and it's over, so I can't stress enough the importance of left to right orientation. Once you get that second nature your that much closer to flying.