new friend #2

Steve and I live parallel lives in and around River Dog. I met Steve at a kid's playground near the waterfront one evening.

My 5-year old son, Offspring #1 (or O1), had spent a couple of days in kindergarten at River Dog Elementary. The school teachers were testing him out to see if he would do well next year to start his school career in grade one. He passed, so O1 officially skips kindergarten and enrolls this fall. On the waterfront playground, O1 recognized a kid from his class that week and began playing with him. Eventually I met this kid's parent's near by.

Steve grew up on a farm outside of River Dog. He left in the 1980's at age 18 never to return (until recently). He met a japanese gal while living in japan and married. They raised their three kids (all the same age as mine) in Taiwan until he decided to get a MBA at a school in Edmonton this fall. His family immigrated back to Canada and are currently living on the family farm until their move for his schooling this fall.

We have since run into each other at the grocery store, post office, and a school carnival. But that's typical small town antics.

Same age. Married to women of different nationalities then ourselves. Three kids in the same age range. Living with family in a limbo period in River Dog. Even discovered we both have an affection for 1960's-70's psychadelic prog rock.

I hope to have coffee with Steve when I return to River Dog this week.