It Truly Is A Small World.

Sophie's class went well on Wednesday. Everyone was very impressed at Sophie's recall story. It was impressive, I just hope it wasn't a fluke. Sophie does seem to enjoy the class. There is a malamute, a German Shepard, a Vizla, and a German Shorthaired Pointer in her class. I really like the German shepherd's mom. We've talked a lot during class, but we just know each other by our dog's names. She's Josie's mom, I'm Sophie's mom. Last week we were chatting about people who have dogs that do sports, and she mentioned she knew a gal that showed and coursed Basenji's. Since one of my friends at work shows & courses Basenjis, I asked who it was.

"Julie Leicht." She said.

I stared at her. "Oh yeah, I know her, too. I work with her. How do you know her?"

She stared at me. "I work with her, too."

"You work with her? Where do you work?" I said, wondering when Julie got a second job I didn't know about.

"City of Gresham." Says Josie's Mom.

More staring in disbelief. "YOU work at the City of Gresham?? I work at the City of Gresham. I'm in the Accounting department. What's your name?"

Okay, to make a long conversation full of staring and repeating the same thing back and forth, we determined we both worked at the City of Gresham. She's a police officer, which explains why I didn't recognize her (Police & Fire are housed in a different building than the rest of the City departments) and she didn't recognize me. We both live in Vancouver, we both take our dogs to A Dog's Life Doggy Daycare, and we both work at the City of Gresham. What are the odds?? She lives about 3 miles from me. It really is a small world!

After class I was craving an ice cream cone, so I went to this little place I had seen near the daycare. I'd never been there before, but they advertised fresh made custard ice cream. They had a drive through, so I didn't have to get out of the car even. I placed my order and got up to the window, and the two young gals working the drive through were admiring Sophie. They gave her a puppy cone, and were impressed at how daintily she licked it. It was funny. Sophie acted like it was no less than her due. I think she likes having an admiring public.