Hi everyone! Student pilot here. Let me set the scene. I have been trying to get my solo XC done for the last three weeks. I've had weather cancellations upon weather cancellations and unfortunately haven't flown at all for 2 weeks. Finally had a decent day so my instructor sent me up for my short XC.

I went into it not feeling super confident because I hadn't been flying much recently. The airport I was flying to is known to get pretty gusty. I get there and find that it's gusting 11-15kts and I have a crosswind that's over my school's minimums. It wasn't terrible, but I was feeling rusty and just wasn't comfortable trying to get down. I decide to turn back to my home airport. I'm set up to land on 36 and my approach felt good and stable. I train at a Class D airport and was landing behind an American Airlines flight. I was trying to avoid wake turbulence and deal with the wind picking up. I ended up porpoising for the first time ever. I quickly realized what was happening and went around. Landed again and it was great! I was grateful ATC gave me a better suited runway with the wind speeds rising. I had never been more happy to be back on the ground lol.

Overall, I think I learned a lot, but it's hard to not get discouraged. I was incredibly nervous the whole flight which made it difficult to enjoy. It truly was the first time I was thankful to be on ground. Anyways, I would appreciate any tips/feedback!