mewb,

the work area looks pretty good.

Now as far as the "wind" causing it then that tells me you where telling the plane to fly before it had enough airspeed to compensate for the wind. This is do to a lack of experience and something that you must be comfortable doing in the 4*. Wih a low wing you do not have the room under the wings to get into trouble with and not be able to recover more quickly than you already are.

A suggestion for wind on take off is always keep the plane on the ground longer than you usually do to make sure you have enough speed and for landing always keep a little more power on until just before the main gear touches down.

You are doing fine but you relly should get a little more practice, say at least 20 - 50 flights more on the trainer. You'll be glad you did