1.
When your dad catches you trying to turn up the thermostat.
2.
When your skin is permanently chapped.
3.
When you try to remember the last time you shaved, but you can't.
4.
When someone says "It's not even that cold outside!"
5.
When you're trying to talk yourself into getting out of bed and taking a shower.
6.
And when you do finally get in the shower, you want to stay there forever because the hot water feels SO GOOD.
7.
And then someone tells you to take shorter showers, because you're drying out your skin and wasting water.
8.
But then you realize they're probably right, and you feel guilty.
9.
So you spend another 10 minutes working up your courage, and then you SPRINT from the shower, throw on your clothes, and then dive under the covers.
10.
You'd huddle up with literally anyone if it would help you stay warm.
11.
When you realize you have to scrape ice from your windshield.
12.
When you're waiting for the bus and you start to think you'll never feel warm again.
13.
When your foot hits that patch of ice.
14.
When you see your mate hit that patch of ice.
16.
*Don't laugh, don't laugh, don't laugh.*
19.
"I TOLD you to be careful out there." —your mom, probably
20.
When you take your gloves off to send a few texts and then you can't feel your fingers.
21.
When you saw it was sunny outside so you figured you'd be OK in your lighter jacket.
22.
When that seasonal effective disorder settles in.
23.
And you realize there's a lot more of winter to come.
24.
But then that one good day comes around and you think, Maybe I can get through this.
