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People I've seen at Doe Bay that I had no idea were coming:
- Ellie, Dana and their daughter Esther. I was walking to the office one afternoon, and there they were. Hugs all around. A lunch invitation from them. Time to see the growth in their daughter, who I hadn't seen in about two years. Come to think of it, I hadn't seen any of them since the bris of Debby's son, David. That was two and a half years ago. Wow. I love knowing Ellie. I love having seen her in so many phases of her life. Mommy suits her just as well as all the other roles I've seen her in. Huzzah, Ellie and family!
- my acupuncturist. Well, the acupuncturist who saw me once, and who sees several of my colleagues and instructors in Tacoma. I was having a shit day, and thinking, "please let my 6:00 appointment decide to cancel," and in walks Dr. CW. I had about three seconds of panic, because this guy is a really well-respected professional in the alternative med community, but then I just went ahead with my routine and all was well. He was a generous tipper. I left feeling pretty good about my skills and my time with him.
- a guy I went to ed school with about ten years ago. That Bellingham connection is crazy. A couple in the hot tubs had engaged me in a conversation about having been a special ed teacher (danger Will Robinson! Don't go there!) and this other guy said, "you look familiar". I said, "You do too", and we figured out that he and I had been in Woodring at the same time, probably in a general ed class together. We both have very unusual Scandinavian first names, so it wasn't too tough to remember where we'd known each other.
- Socrates (his camp name), a guy I'd served with at Camp Sealth in the early 2000s. He had married another camp person (we've heard THAT story, now, haven't we Dex?) and they were up here for their anniversary. It was good to see him again. I had actually run into him before this, at our camp director's retirement party this spring. The world of camping is smaller even that the normal it's-a-small-world world.
- A US ex-pat turned Australian, Mike, who I met here one week, and talked with on the ferry, and who wound up back here the next week. His flight back to Australia had been postponed, so he hightailed it back up here from Seattle, just for an overnight. He's a Doe Bay Diehard.
That's who I've seen so far, and I have half the season to go. I'm sure there'll be an update!
- Ellie, Dana and their daughter Esther. I was walking to the office one afternoon, and there they were. Hugs all around. A lunch invitation from them. Time to see the growth in their daughter, who I hadn't seen in about two years. Come to think of it, I hadn't seen any of them since the bris of Debby's son, David. That was two and a half years ago. Wow. I love knowing Ellie. I love having seen her in so many phases of her life. Mommy suits her just as well as all the other roles I've seen her in. Huzzah, Ellie and family!
- my acupuncturist. Well, the acupuncturist who saw me once, and who sees several of my colleagues and instructors in Tacoma. I was having a shit day, and thinking, "please let my 6:00 appointment decide to cancel," and in walks Dr. CW. I had about three seconds of panic, because this guy is a really well-respected professional in the alternative med community, but then I just went ahead with my routine and all was well. He was a generous tipper. I left feeling pretty good about my skills and my time with him.
- a guy I went to ed school with about ten years ago. That Bellingham connection is crazy. A couple in the hot tubs had engaged me in a conversation about having been a special ed teacher (danger Will Robinson! Don't go there!) and this other guy said, "you look familiar". I said, "You do too", and we figured out that he and I had been in Woodring at the same time, probably in a general ed class together. We both have very unusual Scandinavian first names, so it wasn't too tough to remember where we'd known each other.
- Socrates (his camp name), a guy I'd served with at Camp Sealth in the early 2000s. He had married another camp person (we've heard THAT story, now, haven't we Dex?) and they were up here for their anniversary. It was good to see him again. I had actually run into him before this, at our camp director's retirement party this spring. The world of camping is smaller even that the normal it's-a-small-world world.
- A US ex-pat turned Australian, Mike, who I met here one week, and talked with on the ferry, and who wound up back here the next week. His flight back to Australia had been postponed, so he hightailed it back up here from Seattle, just for an overnight. He's a Doe Bay Diehard.
That's who I've seen so far, and I have half the season to go. I'm sure there'll be an update!
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