You wake up to snow falling outside, as usual. In fact, you'd be confused if it wasn't snowing, or at least more snowy than you went to sleep. You'll find a lot of the points on this list to be very relatable. You'll probably even share them with your friends and laugh. The outside, warmer world might think some of these things are ridiculous or incomprehensible, but for you, they're all just part of another day in a life of winter.

If you're one of those people that live in a place where it rarely snows at all, this will give you a glimpse into the lives of your more Northern neighbors and what we deal with.

See below for a list of 12 signs you live in an eternal winter wonderland:

1. You don’t even bother to clean off your car when you go somewhere.

“All I need is this tiny clear space on the windshield. This is fine," you say, while carelessly wielding the snow brush with one hand and holding your coffee in the other.

2. You get confused when friends in other parts of the country talk about their outside activities.

“You're playing tennis? It’s literally a blizzard here right now. And there's like four feet of snow on the ground.”

3. It feels hot out any time it’s above freezing.

Or even right at freezing. Or even in the 20's sometimes.

4. When someone asks you to check the forecast and it’s literally cold with snow every day.

“Winter. The forecast is winter.”

5. You don’t mind driving on snow and ice.

You’re so good at it it’s actually fun!

6. Winter sports and outside activities stop being fun.

“I read. Sometimes I binge watch TV shows I don’t care about. Anything indoors and warm, really.”

7. Everyone drinks.

Drinking = distraction. And maybe a little bit of good drama. All is forgiven in the morning, though, because everyone is ridiculous at least once during the winter (but probably a lot more than once).

8. Produce at the store sucks...

...but who wants cold foods anyway. Soup over salad every day.

9. You’re so pale.

Don’t forget that Vitamin D supplement.

10. When the sun comes out it’s disorienting.

“Why is everything so bright?!”

11. Someone talks about summer plans and all you can do is roll your eyes.

“Summer? What’s that?”

12. When spring finally arrives it takes a couple of weeks to break your habit of layering up every time you leave the house.

In the end, though, the winter, with its glittering snow, trees coated in white and giant icicles, is beautiful. And even though our summers may be short, we know exactly how to get maximum enjoyment out of them. After all, we have a long winter to think about it.