Whoo Hoo!!!
What a great 6 days it was.
I decided to get my glider rating in Truckee, CA... I spent 5 days there doing the "total immersion" technique of learning how to glider fly (i.e. I did little else for all those days). In order to get a commercial add-on, I had to get in 20 solo flights and, of course, do all the prep work for the oral as well as the actual flight check.
I passed my checkride and am now a licensed glider pilot!!!