Sounds good! Just be careful, though. I found that I could side-in easily when I first tried. Like you, I was surprised at how well I did right at first. However, I later found that even though I could do it, I was having to 'think' about it unlike tail-in, which is complete auto-pilot for me now...

You will probably find that if something goes wrong while you are side-in, you will react incorrectly when the 'panic moment' hits, and crash. That's what happened to me.

I'm at the point now where if I am tail-in, and something goes a little wrong or surprises me (unexpected gust of wind, etc.) , I can practically always 'save' it easily. It wasn't so with side-in because I just hadn't practiced it enough yet...

Anyway, sounds like you will have it in no time....