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Ten Things I Hate About Winter

It seems only appropriate that as the coldest days of the year are upon us we take a moment, cast aside all the hot political issues, and reflect upon all the misery that winter...

It seems only appropriate that as the coldest days of the year are upon us we take a moment, cast aside all the hot political issues, and reflect upon all the misery that winter puts us through during this time of the year. So besides the obvious cold, here are Ten Things I Hate About Winter. But believe me there are far more than ten. 

10. Crazy drivers who think they can still go the same speed in 5 inches of snow as they can every other day of the year.

9. The ice cold steering wheel at 7 a.m. You know it’s cold when you have to pry your hands off with a chisel. 

8. Those frozen boogers that result in constant embarrassment. Everyone knows they are there but you!

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7. That brief two second moment of sheer frostbite when you first step out of your bed in the morning and race to the bathroom.

6. The people who “brave” the weather and say that nothing is more enjoyable than a five hour stay in the subzero Lambeau bleachers.

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5. Your towel is still wet in the morning. Not soaked, but damp enough that you dread wrapping your body in its frosty confines. 

4. The only thing worse than the freezing wheel is the car windows fogging up. It’s hard enough avoiding the crazy drivers as it is. Throw in 20% window visibility and you might as well be playing freeze tag out on the roads.

3. Chapped lips. Trying to nibble off that little tiny flap of skin that has been irritating you all day long, only to succeed and be rewarded with just more fresh irresistible skin. 

2. The short days. What is worse than going to school in darkness and going home in darkness?  

1. Being a teenager with a car out in the driveway. Scraping ice off the windows because my poor fourteen-year-old car is not fortunate to make it in the garage is the epitome of torture in the season of winter. 

Winter in general is bad enough. Winter in Wisconsin?  It’s essentially five months of nonstop shivering, freezing, and self-pity.  Perhaps in the near future I will be able to create a list of ten things I LOVE about winter, but believe me, it will not be easy.

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