The only thing scarier than being haunted is walking to a morning lecture in aggressive windchill. 

Not once in my 20 years have I ever opened a window on a winter day and thought, "Wow, this looks enjoyable." Like my fellow 50,000 peers at Michigan State, I detest the cold.  

No one can hide. Although some people do hide, and that's why the sidewalks on campus seem to double in population as soon as spring comes back around.  

It's harsh, it's dangerous and it's out to get you. I sound like I'm talking about murderer, right? Wrong, because I'm talking about the weather on your daily commute to class between late November to early March.

1. The first day you put on your winter gear is the worst day of the whole semester, without question.

2. You always ask your roommate how painful her walk from Abbott to Wells Hall was to determine how bundled up you should be.

3. But then you go outside and realize that no amount of layers can save you now.

4. Daylight savings has made your walk home from your night class the creepiest thing ever. Just dozens of North Face bodies struggling down Grand River.

5. You show up late to class at least two days out of the week because the cold has you moving at a glacial pace, but your professor thinks you're slacking.

6. But upon sitting down you notice a lot of feathers of your parka peeping out of the seams, and you recognize this as the end.

7. Submerging yourself in a boiling hot shower is all you can think about doing as soon as you get home.

8. You cannot believe there are people who think they can survive walking across campus without a hat and scarf. Like, who do you think you are?

9. When people ask how you're doing after having any experience of being outside, you're not really sure how to respond.

10. We all have that friend that insists on walking to your destination that's only five minutes away, but there's no way you're going anywhere unless it's in a car. 

11. We're all already thinking about potential snow days in January, which will simultaneously make us happy and mad. Administration, it took you how many months to understand our pain?

12. There's nothing more disappointing than leaving a lecture and walking into a blizzard.

13. But then your roommate texts you saying they can pick you up from class now, and you can't think of a time you've ever been happier.

14. Let's not discount those brave individuals that enjoy the winter tundra for whatever reason.

15. But then there's the rest of us who consider getting from Bessey Hall to Erickson in one, semi-warm piece as a major accomplishment.

16. Some of us get a taste of the warmth on a holiday vacation, and the realization you have to go back to an arctic climate comes crushing down on you... 

17. ...Which leaves your parents to think you're crazy for crying at the Florida airport.

18. At the end of the day, we just have to face the elements. No matter how painful and insane they treat us.

19. Because at this point you're convinced the winter is testing you as a person.

20. All we can do is put on our four sweatshirts, three pairs of pants and two pairs of gloves and hope for the best.