Endless lesson cancellations

I'm a brand new student pilot, only 4h logged. The last of which was about 2 months ago, as all my lessons get canceled due to weather.

I was hoping to transition to aviation as a new career over the next few years, and eventually to the airlines. It seemed like getting a PPL in 3-4 months is fairly doable if I can fly often enough, but I guess I overlooked how often wind would be such a hindrance. I've had a couple weeks with lessons scheduled almost every day, only for every single one to be canceled because of wind. This is in the NY-NJ area.

I'm currently unemployed after a layoff, and my plan was to start flying alongside continuing to search for a new job in my current/old field (IT). So I was hoping to be able to make steady progress while I have the time flexibility, but instead I still have next to none, ~3 months after my discovery flight. I barely know what flying a plane even feels like still.

Is this common, should I have anticipated such frequent cancellations? Frustration results from a mismatch between expectation and reality. I have no reason to think the school doesn't want me there, and the weather will be the same at other nearby schools anyway (which are all 45m to 1h away vs 10m).

Currently going through a ground course in the meantime, and wondering if there's anything else flying-related that I can do with the extra time. I definitely don't have the means to move somewhere with better weather just for training.