Only In Leadville

I thought of the "Only In Leadville" topic last Sunday while I was at Subway. I saw a little girl playing with Barbies at one of the booths while her parent worked and I thought to myself "You know... that's not something you see too often". I grew up in a small town (population 1,000) and while we didn't have a Subway, we did have other small places to eat, but I don't recall ever seeing someone's child at work with them. The other town that I frequented was Sioux Falls (population 125,000) and I certainly didn't see children playing while their parents worked there. This prompted me to think about other things that are unique to Leadville.

*Having 10 students attend a Student Government meeting is pretty much a school record. 10 students represents approximately 10% of the on-campus population and while off-campus students can be in student government 1) I'm not sure most of them know it and 2) It's a lot easier to be at a 4:30 meeting it's only a 25 foot walk from the door of the residence hall to the door of the cafeteria.
*If you walk into the cafeteria wearing clean-clean clothes (as opposed to "clean" clothes which have only been worn a "few" times, while you wait to accumulate the $1.25 necessary to make the washing machine work) someone will probably ask you where you are going. If you walk into the cafeteria wearing clean-clean clothes, with clean hair that is in something besides a ponytail, it is almost certain that you will be asked about your "hot date" that night. Clean clothes, hair, AND make-up is pretty much a mind-blowing concept, I recommend that you use it with caution.
*Being the only girl in a class of 25 guys is perfectly normal. This has both its' advantages and disadvantages. Being the only girl in Outdoor Emergency Care the day we watched a video on "Emergency Childbirth" was just a bit awkward. Then there are also the times where you get to be the patient in OEC simply because you're a girl (If a male patient complains of abdomen pain and you diagnose him as having an ectopic pregnancy, you evidentally missed out on a few key details during training).
*You walk into Safeway wearing snowpants and snowboard boots and no one gives you weird looks. In fact, someone will probably ask you which resort you went to and a conversation might even be started. At home, wearing snowpants into a store was weird enough, but you certainly didn't wear ski or snowboard boots.
*Someone mentioned to me a few days ago that the history of Leadville is unique and really fascinating. They also thought that the people of Leadville were really amazing, and while that may not be unique to Leadville, it's not something that they had found before.

My blog this week is divided into two postings. If you want to read the other one, keep scrolling down.