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"You survived what felt like an eternal winter. We're happy to report that it's almost spring!\nAfter holing up in sweatpants and bags of chips for months, it goes without saying a little sunshine makes everything better. But while shedding your outerwear can feel wonderful, the warmer weather can carry with it a few uncomfortable realizations.\nSee also: 12 Thoughts That Totally Cross Your Mind Every Spring\nBut really, isn't anything better than more snow?\n\n\n9 Things You Don't Realize Until It's Warmer Outside\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. How dirty your winter coat is.\nSeriously, is warmth really worth the smell?\n\nImage: Tumblr gif-database\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Birds can get really, really loud.\nThough you'd be willing to overlook a noise complaint if they could be as helpful as the ones in Cinderella.\n\nImage: funnycutegifs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. You never want to see another bowl of soup as long as you live.\nOr hot chocolate. Or hot apple cider. No more hot liquids.\n\nImage: Tumblr jensensations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4.Your skin really can burn after just 20 minutes in the sun.\nAnd just when you were really starting to like the sun ...\n\nImage: Tumblr sweetmickeymerch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. There are way more kids in your neighborhood than you thought.\nWith all the manic running and screaming, it's like their parents kept them inside all winter against their will.\n\nImage: Tumblr beinggiomusso\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. You kind of forgot what you looked like under all those layers.\nDid you always have a birthmark on your arm?\n\nImage: Tumblr vampirecircus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. There's so much time in the morning when you're not  waiting for your car to warm up.\nOr factoring in the arctic winds slowing you down on the way to the subway.\n\nImage: Tumblr cashy1321\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. You already miss your sweat clothes.\nKnit shorts will just never be as comforting as fuzzy pajama pants.\n\nImage: Tumblr jestcomedy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. It's only a matter of months before you're complaining about how disgustingly hot it is.\nBy July, you'll be counting the days until winter \n\nImage: Tumblr ittousagi\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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