Tuesday, December 12, 2006
On the Kindness of Strangers (again) and What a Small, Small World It Really Is
The Kindness of Strangers (again)I'm lunching with Richard from the film crew today, and he mentions that Anne has a parka she'd like to give me. She ordered it for herself but didn't want it later. Rich said he suggested giving it to me when the question of what to do with it came up. I thought it extremely coincidental since two days ago, I mentioned to Susan how I was going to have to buy a jacket when I get off the Ice. Anne ended up joining us (Richard, Susan, and I) for lunch and told me to page her later in the day. I met up with them later, and she gave me a brand new waterproof parka with a zip-out liner and vented sleeves. I was speechless, if that's possible for me. I didn't know what to do... I'm still so surprised that people are offering help four months after my luggage disappeared. I asked Anne if there was anything I could do for her in return. She waved me off, saying that the Halloween costume made their day, their week, in fact, and that that was favor enough. Of course, Richard made me wear it out of the building, and I wore it around all night as I ran from gathering to gathering. I'm still in shock. And I just can't believe the crew is leaving on Thursday. Hopefully Rich and I will meet up in NYC in early April as long as it works with both of our travel schedules.
What a Small, Small World It Really Is
This one is especially for Jacob Thomas, since you're the reason this all occured! Tonight I was out at the Coffeehouse hoping to meet up with Rich from the film crew and anyone else that happened to be out for the evening. At one point, someone named Sean (whom I had met early in the season but very briefly) came up and asked if I was from Westby. I must've had a look of shock on my face because I couldn't believe he knew the name of my hometown. He explained that he was from LaCrescent, MN and that he had lived in LaCrosse for many years. He went on to tell me that a few years ago he lived in a duplex next to a woman who now teaches middle school in Westby. Apparently, Jacob is in her class as she emailed him to ask if he knew a janitor named Katie from Westby!!! Wow, Jacob!! You've connected two people in Antarctica! That's a pretty cool thing for a 12-year-old to do! Thanks, Kiddo!
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Hay Katie, I talked to that teacher and she asked if she should teach about simple machines, or about Antarctia. I told her to teach about Antarctia. So today she showed YOUR sight and some other ones too.
Missssssssssss ya,
kiddo