Winter. Growing up rurally, winter was always work. We heated with firewood, so there was always the cutting/splitting/stacking/restacking of it, we were too poor for luxuries like snow blowers, so everything was dug out by hand, and early in the morning so my parents could get to work. Snow and ice meant canceled plans and power outages. Now, as an adult, it’s also expensive. Heating costs, snow tires, holidays…..no, winter is the very worst.