Remember when it was warm outside? Trick question. No one remembers that far back. In Portland, it's basically been cold since Dec. 8. That was last year.

Now, we are deep into what one Oregonian reporter has called "the winter of our discontent." The roads are covered in bumpy ice, snowmen refuse to melt and children have forgotten what it means to go to school.

Last week it looked like today would be the first day of major snow melt but now, we're expecting an ice storm.

Valley-dwelling northwest Oregonians, who typically like their winters dark and wet, are at their collective wits' end. And the only cure, of course, is tweet therapy. Here's a selection of tweets from Portlanders done with winter.

2017 Porland, where not just young people came to retire. The year no one worked & kids never had school. #nosalt #PDXTST #pdxtraffic #salt — gnarlos (@gnarlos) January 17, 2017

Parents: Looks like we've finally made it through the snow days.

Nature: pic.twitter.com/Go1hopXKEL — 𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚢 𝙼𝚌𝙰𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 (@JoeyMcAllister) January 17, 2017

I’m referring to this storm as “Charlie’s Revenge.” https://t.co/rBGyvSzczt — Anna Griffin (@annargriff) January 17, 2017

the elders spoke

of a time before the cold

but their tones were hushed

so as not

to disturb winter's children#pdxtst — Kale Williams (@sfkale) January 17, 2017

The only thing melting is my resistance to another cup of hot cocoa this morning. #pdxsnow — Chris O'Rourke (@chrisorourke) January 17, 2017

The only thing that could make this #pdxsnow better is an ice storm, wait, we are going to have one? IM SO HAPPY!!! #PDXicestorm pic.twitter.com/CvycbYU1uQ — Brett Bodine (@brettbodine) January 17, 2017

Does anyone else feel like their yard is an obstacle course and failure will be murder by icicle? #pdxtst — Orbit Heating 🚀 (@orbitheating) January 17, 2017

All this mess of snow should be gone tomorrow. We can make it! #pdxsnow #snowpocalypse pic.twitter.com/vUm5gQqMDx — WAYFM Portland (@WAYFMPortland) January 17, 2017

Stuck at home bc the ice has gotten much worse overnight, so I'm engaging in a meme war with my 11 year old. #pdxsnow pic.twitter.com/QYCrUY5eUK — Jon the Bean Counter (@_jonTBC) January 17, 2017

It's almost as if there's some technology that exists that allows you to remove snow before it all turns into a rutted hellscape. https://t.co/SJlE1H1Du0 — Rob Davis (@robwdavis) January 17, 2017

Did we miss any great tweets? Send them out way!

-- Lizzy Acker

503-221-8052

lacker@oregonian.com, @lizzzyacker