Doing a 180 on the I-80

Saturday morning I got up at 6:00 am to get ready for a track meet. When I headed out at 6:30 there was about 1.5 of snow on the ground. I called one of the other coaches to see if it was snowing in Ault. She said it was not snowing down south, so I started on my 45 min. commute to school to meet up with the rest of my team. Part of my commute is on the I-80 heading east. As I was traveling I noticed that the car in front of me, which was about 50 meters away start to slow down, so I did the same. All of sudden my car started sliding from one side of the road to the other. No matter what I did to counteract the sliding my car just whipped back and forth. I finally decided to just hit my brakes and let my car spin to a stop. Luckily there was no cars closely behind me. Well, my car did a 180 and then stopped. So, I turned it back on, turned around and was on my way. While I enjoy doing donuts (I recently had to buy a new tire because I wore one down doing donuts), I have to admit that it was a bit scary doing donuts on the interstate. I am grateful for the Lord watching over me.

Lost in Ault

During the summer the town of Ault has "Ault Days". Part of festivities are a 5k and 10k. I decided that my track distance runners would run the 10k on Wednesday. Having never done the complete loop myself, I figure we could just follow the spray paint directions on the road. I mean how hard is it to get lost in Ault. Well, this adventure took us off the main road and through a bunch of farms. When we finally reached a paved road I decided that we should turn left. One of the seniors quickly piped up, "But Ault is to the right". So, we ended running more than a 10k and I am one of the few that has to admit that I got lost in Ault.

Um....I got stuck behind a cattle drive

Yesterday we had a two hour delay because of icy roads. So, I turned off my alarm and enjoyed a little extra time to rest. Last night I forgot to reset my alarm and well my internal alarm woke me up at 7:41am instead of 6:00am. School starts at 8:15. Luckily, I have planning period first thing in the morning. With my 45 min. commute, I got to school at 9am. I did call ahead and tell them I was going to be late. The sweet secretary just said, "Well, be careful getting here." There are some perks at this job; even if they are small. Although, I could probably get away with the excuse illustrated in the picture.

Cruising Main Street in Ault, Colorado

I thought I would give you all a taste of what you are missing in the exciting town of Ault. There are two bars, four restaurants, one bank, one grocery store, one hair salon, one barbershop, a video store, and two gas stations (one even has a subway in it), and last but not least one set of stop lights.

Does it say the wicked will burn in the scriptures?

Today, after our track meet we had a luncheon in the Home Ec. Cottage. The following story illustrates how old my school really is. As we were finishing up our lunch, there was a loud pop and one of the light bulbs (one of the long ones) burned out and caught on fire. Flames and smoke were visible! I think I was the only one that was panicking internally, everyone else just said turn off the lights and don't turn it back on till Monday when it could be fixed.

Last week during CSAPs (CO standardized test) the classroom I was in started to smell like a match had been. The teacher that the classroom belongs to, said it was something with the electrical and that it has happened before. So, we just changed classrooms.

My classroom is in the picture on the bottom. It is adjacent to the library and about a 30 sec. walk to the main building. So, I get plenty of exercise everyday.

World's Longest Classroom

Despite the many tourist attractions in Ault, Colorado, I figure most of you will never have the opportunity to experience the Highland High School campus tour. So, I decided to take some pictures of my classroom. My classroom is located in the building just north of the main building and is adjacent to the school library. There is a partition in my room that creates two small but separate classrooms. Since I never use the partition, I have an extremely long classroom. I always feel bad for the student that has to sit in the very back, but they don't seem to mind (shocking, I know). Next year I am moving into the main building. I don't mind being next to the library, but I hate the layout of my classroom. So, when negotiating my job for next year, I threw in that I want to be in the main building and I wasn't going to take NO for an answer! Well, it didn't quite happen that way, but I am moving into the main building.

Are we done taking pictures?

"Mom, do I have to take another picture with Aunt Holly?"