Getting this IFR cross country in is proving to be a daunting task. Although the weather was better than what had been forecasted (we didn't get the snow that was promised), the low ceilings stuck around just long enough to force me to scrub the flight. My planned departure was around 5pm, but with a 500-600 ft overcast and nigttime coming soon (the club does not allow IFR flight at nighttime unless the celings are over 3000' AGL...not a bad rule) I just kept an eye on things because there were signs that the weather was improving. It did eventually clear out, but by that time it was about 6:45-7pm, which would have meant a 7:30 departure for a 3-3.5 hour flight. Since I didn't relish the idea of getting home at midnight, so I called Andy and just had him push the flight back to this Thursday. The weather looks more promising (forecast calls for severe clear that day) but I'm not holding my breath!