#13. When North Bay gets WARM!

It may come as a shock, but North Bay does in fact get warm SOMETIMES! If you are reading this, and you don't live in North Bay, no doubt you struggle to grasp this concept. To people from "southern Ontario", it is believed that North Bay's climate is equivalent to that of Churchill, Thunder Bay, or Moosonee. But the truth is--North Bay is not north of the Arctic circle, nor does it have permafrost, nor is it only accessible by plane or ice roads. North Bay is only 3.5 hours from Toronto, and yes, sometimes it is hotter here than in Toronto!

Of course, you already know that if you're a Nip student. And when the first signs of spring come out ... it is your natural inclination to wear shorts and flip flops--because we all know that wearing shorts and flip flops will MOST DEFINITELY sway the weatherman to predict 30 degree weather for the rest of the year. Fact: Wearing shorts will not change the weather ... but nice try.

When North Bay gets warm, it's like 4000 students emerge from hibernation like happy black bears--or white bears really. I know for a fact that right now, my legs could blind a small child, but that's the nice thing about North Bay. Almost everyone is pretty white. And there is always someone whiter than you! So flaunt your whiteness, because it proves that you survived a long North Bay winter and didn't cop out by vacationing somewhere warm during reading week! But if you are brown (because your parents love you and sent you to Cuba) then be kind to us "whities". Because we're feeling a little self-conscious, and need to get used to our skin.

The other thing about spring? Nip students become noticeably happier. Like 200% happier. Like everything is right in the world , until it randomly snows again in the middle of May (yes, you can blame me for jinxing the weather if this happens. I will wear shorts every day now so that it doesn't).

The only problem with the weather getting warm in North Bay? Exams. Exams=stuff Nip students don't like. Exam care packages, half-price Easter Candy, and studying from your back porch while barbecuing for the first time since September? Stuff Nip students DO like.