Like any self-respecting basic white girl, I love love love fall. It is the season of sweaters, falling leaves, delicious hot coffee and pumpkin-spice everything -- a total dream. Winter and summer are pretty good too, and they have lots of things to be excited about. I look forward to snow days and Christmas music in the winter and some time by the beach in the summer, but the only thing to look forward to in spring is when it will be over.
Let's face it. Spring is an objectively bad season. It is the period of time where we are tired of winter and longing for summer, but all we get is bipolar weather, rainstorms and the occasional, very much unwelcome snowstorm.
1. Pollen
It seems innocuous at first, maybe even a beautiful sign that sweet summer is approaching, but soon it in everywhere -- in your hair, on your car, in your eyes. Then, your allergies start to kick in, and your stuffy nose and sore throat are making you question why you ever thought this was a good thing.
2. Bipolar weather
Last week it was 80 degrees and sunny everyday, and this week we're expected a blizzard! You can never put away your winter coat for good, and now you're tripping on your sandals as you grab your rain boots for the fourth time in a week. Even worse, how are you supposed to dress when your weather app says it's 30 degrees now, but its going to be 60 at 3 p.m.? This is just pure madness!
3. Spring fashion is... questionable
Spring is the time for wearing summer clothes in sub-summer weather or winter clothes when it is simply too hot. There is no clear "spring fashion", like you find in literally any other season.
4. Summeritis
Winter break really doesn't give students enough time to reset and be ready for the upcoming semester. By the end of spring semester, we are all so burnt out and ready to go home and sleep for about 50 days or so, but we have to continue to keep up with finals exams and assignments that we are *so over* at this point.
5. No fun holidays
Summer: Is a holiday, basically.
Fall: Did someone say Halloween?
Winter: CHRISTMAS and New Years
Spring: Really nothing except for Easter, which isn't fun at all, just a lot of time at church if you're Christian and religious and a minor inconvenience because everything is closed if you're not.
6. Bugs.
Probably the best part about cold weather is not having to worry about creepy crawlies showing up everywhere, but during the later months of spring, our old friends start to come back. No. Thank. You.
7. Rain, rain everyday
Is there anything more depressing than rain everyday for a month? I don't think so. I mean, it was cute the first couple days, but after walking home drenched once, I really don't think I need to do it again, thank you very much.
8. Daylight savings (the bad one)
"Spring forward." The two words that bring shivers to my spine. Losing an hour of sleep is a big deal to this over-tired college student. So what we get an extra hour of sun? I'd much rather be cuddled up in my bed.
9. Finals szn
The last couple weeks of the semester are absolutely killer, and they culminate with the worst part of the school year -- finals. Not only are we all burnt out, now we have to try to reign in any last bits of motivation to try to save our grades one last time.
10. People who can't stop talking about their 'beach bod'
I get it, Janet, you went to the gym three days in a row. You look fine, please don't brag about that crazy fad diet you want to go on. You need actual food.
So there you go, spring sucks. You can't claim otherwise, it's just objectively true.
