It's A Small World

In the spring we had an adventure on a hike that took us to the train tracks and we got to meet a pair of OPP officers (who kindly informed us that the train tracks are private property). Well, this week I discovered that there is an amazing second part to the story. For the first part check back here.

We were sitting in the staff room, having lunch (a luxury of the week before school starts, that helps us all get to know one another before we dive into the trenches together). The Boss is sitting beside me and shares that our new teacher, Glee Girl, has family in K-town and that they know Laurens and I. The brother is an OPP officer. We looked at each other, a bit confused. The Boss mentions that they know us from Lakeside Church perhaps. More confusion and we wonder if it is a Treaty 3 officer because we don't know any OPP...

When we were sitting at home eating dinner that evening it struck me. The only OPP officers we have met were the ones who taught us not to play on the tracks in the spring. In fact, I thought that one of them mentioned he had a sister who was a high school English teacher in northern Quebec.

My response to his comment back in April was, "Oh, she should apply at Grassy. We are always looking for good teachers. And we will be hiring high school teachers for September as several of ours are leaving."

As it turns out, she had done so a month prior to our meeting her brother. After our meeting over the tracks he told her that there was a nice couple who lived in Grassy. And now she is our colleague.

And, as you can probably tell by her nickname, she is a huge Glee fan. I think this is a great start to a great year.

What a small world!