For those of you that call Plattsburgh home during the winter time, you know just how bad it can get, even though this winter isn't exactly an example. But usually winter is a seven-month-long ordeal that transforms the town from an average suburbia into an Arctic tundra. Whether it be the ridiculously cold temperatures or the fleeting amount of sunlight that gets you down, there's bound to be something about Plattsburgh winters that will drive you insane.

1. When your car won't start because it's so cold outside.

Let’s face it - most of us don't have brand new cars, and the ones who do have them are forced to battle enough issues as it is. But add sub-zero temperatures, inches upon inches of snow, and giant ice-sheets to the mix, and our cars are up against a whole new monster. Growing up here in Plattsburgh, I can't tell you how many times I got ready for school, put my coat on, and walked outside only to find that my car wouldn't start. And it still happens today.

2. …and how you have to wait forever for the ice to melt off of your windshield. Or viciously attack it.

Or if you're late for work and you just have to drive pretending you're looking through some cool new Instagram filter called “Ice Haze.” It's annoying, dangerous, and all-around time consuming. Why does the ice have to freeze to the glass anyway? Can't it just go on and freeze somewhere else, just preferably not the road?

3. It gets dark outside at 4 p.m.

Sunlight is good for your mood, your health, your body and your overall god damned sanity. There's hardly any sun in winter as it is, so the face that the gray skies turn to black makes it even more dismal. When it gets dark out before you're finished with your classes for the day, it's super discouraging for some reason. Things just don't feel right when it's dark out so early in the day: the lack of a gradual sunset replaced by an ever-present gloom that’s only change is which shade of grey it takes on is just straight up sad.

4. And when it is sunny, it's absolutely freezing outside.

Sure we may get a few sunny winter days once in a while up north, but when we do they sure are cold. Like brick cold. You wake up one morning and actually see a blue sky outside of your window instead of gray! Wow, today is going to be a good day! But wait, it's negative 14 degrees and there's a 22 mph wind? Not so fun. It may look pretty, but it feels more like a blizzard than those cloudy days ever did.

5. There's even less to do here in the winter than in the summer.

As if Plattsburgh isn't lacking enough in non-alcohol related activities, the choices are even more limited in the winter than during summertime. I know, shocking, considering just how boring it is here year-round.

6. Walking to class becomes a life-threatening trek instead of a simple walk.

The wind is hitting your face. Your hood won't stay up. You can't use your phone because your hands are too cold. Holding onto your coffee is now one of the most difficult tasks of your day. This is a three minute walk outdoors during a Plattsburgh winter. What should be a leisurely walk from one building to another is now a fight for your life in what feels like Antarctica.