Just my 2 cents, but personally I prefer to fly in the wind.  Partially because my field is located on top of an unused landfill and all the obstacles that affect wind like trees and other terrain are 105 feet below my feet.  The hardest thing I had to learn was to land on calm days with no help from the wind keeping my aircraft afloat.  This also helped me learn how to work the throttle close to the ground.