The days are getting longer, the temperature is rising, and you're confused about what to wear. Spring is approaching, and winter is gradually coming to an end. For Midwesterners, this is a time when we finally escape the treacherous conditions that come with living next to the Great Lakes. Instead of icy pavement and snow banks covering every street corner, we have weeks of endless rain.

These are thoughts that every Midwesterner seems to have with every approaching spring.

1. Seriously, when is the rain going to stop?

Does it really need to go on for weeks? Who pissed off Mother Nature?

2. Wow, I can finally get away with wearing a hoodie.

No more coats? Yes, please.

*This only applies to the people who haven't been wearing only a hoodie all winter*

3. It's gorgeous outside!

It's really only fifty degrees, but the sun is out.

4. What should I wear?

You might be too cold, you might be too hot. As with every change of the seasons, this calls for layering.

5. Is it acceptable to wear shorts yet?

I do it...inside.

6. Should I open the window?

Probably not.

7. I hope we have nice weather over spring break.

It might end up being forty degrees and hailing. Not quite beach weather.

8. It's supposed to snow again. Seriously?

Welcome to the land of unpredictable weather.

9. I'm moving somewhere warmer.

I don't blame you.

10. What even is the Midwest?

Nobody knows.