Buzz·Posted on Sep 22, 201427 Struggles All Midwesterners Will UnderstandTwo seasons. You know the deal.by Katie HeaneyBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. RAPIDLY changing elevation. View this photo on Instagram 2. Being friends with your blood rivals. View this photo on Instagram 3. Knowing that going outside means living with — never escaping — the mosquitoes. View this photo on Instagram 4. (Seriously. We just have to accept it.) View this photo on Instagram 5. The swiftly-changing whims of your local DQ. View this photo on Instagram 6. Watching your car and house turn into an icicle death trap. View this photo on Instagram 7. The text alerts. View this photo on Instagram 8. Losing your ball. View this photo on Instagram 9. Having to translate for everyone else. View this photo on Instagram 10. Deciding what to drink with your beer chips. View this photo on Instagram 11. Planning for how the weather could be five minutes from now. View this photo on Instagram 12. Deciding how and when you can incorporate tater tots. View this photo on Instagram 13. Trying to figure out where you are from the plane. View this photo on Instagram 14. Getting stuck behind this. View this photo on Instagram 15. Or this. View this photo on Instagram 16. No seriously, the geese can be a problem. View this photo on Instagram 17. Meeting people who don't know about Kaukauna. View this photo on Instagram 18. That this picture was taken in May. View this photo on Instagram 19. All the protesting. View this photo on Instagram 20. Waiting. View this photo on Instagram 21. The dashed dreams. View this photo on Instagram 22. Knowing where your nearest makeshift tornado shelter is. View this photo on Instagram 23. Parking. View this photo on Instagram 24. The temptation to impulse-buy the gas station beer/cheese/toilet paper combo. View this photo on Instagram 25. Living with the fact that the rest of the country doesn't know about Leinie's. View this photo on Instagram 26. Flying under the radar. View this photo on Instagram 27. Leaving. View this photo on Instagram