Sugarfoot, you're experiencing what I have been saying for years, learn to fly your aircraft well. Most guys can't wait to end their "trainer" days and move up to the aerobatic, scale and/or warbird types. You've so comfortable with your plane now that you try more things with it, knowing what it can do, that you don't think about it, so you're more relaxed while flying. You are flying and enjoying it! A guy told me one windy day, "Yeah, you'll fly in this wind because you don't mind if you crash it!" When the wind blows and the guys start packing up to leave, I fuel up my 12 year old Balsa USA Stick 40 Plus with her flat wing and go play, and have a ball. My LT-40 has seen better days, but still flies great. I also have an aerobatic job, but don't fly it too much anymore. I like to take my trainers and do slow speed aerobatics, get down on the deck for the low and slow bit, and play with the winds. A suggestion, if you want to perk things up a bit, switch to a slightly larger engine and watch your trainer perk up on those "bad flying days." If it flys, it ain't boring.