Paula,

I too am getting my commercial to make me a better pilot. In other words, I'm getting my commercial to study, rather than studying to get my commercial. I'm mostly done with it. I've got all the required dual, including the cross countries, and the solo cross country, and I've passed the written. The only thing left is to get 2.5 more hours of night solo (kind of hard when sunset is 9:00, and I'm not a night person), and then polish up my maneuvers. Probably need to do the 3 hours of dual in the last 90 days, since I've taken a couple months off. I'll need that for review anyhow.