Lost Sheep .... Found Monkey

This is more of a story of coincidence than anything. I had to go to Taber to be on a customers site for 9:00 am on Wednesday morning so I drove down the day before. I couldn't find a room I liked in Taber so I decided to stay in Lethbridge at the Holiday Inn. After getting to my room and doing a couple hours of work I decided to go the exercise room and use the treadmill or the bike. As I approached the room, there were 2 people in there using the equipment so I paused and contemplated coming back later. I wanted to leave as I had envisioned riding the exercise bike without an audience. After a couple of minutes at the door, I went in because I knew I was trying to make excuses to not work out as it had been a long day already. This is a lot of random information but it helps set the stage for what happened next (it was such a random encounter). Out of all the hotels in the area at that exact time of day, who do I see on the treadmill. Ian Repay. What are the odds of that happeningÉ Once he finishes, we start chatting and he tells me about all the travelling he has to do and what his next 3 weeks are like. He only gets home for the weekends now and sometimes only for Sundays. I won`t get into any more details as that's something he would need to share. We only talked for about 5 minutes but made plans to get together after I was done to meet for dinner. I was excited about this as we had trained together in the San Shou class and he has been a student of mine. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, he had to cancel. Even though it was only a few minutes, it was good to see him again. I wish we would have had more time to talk but at least I did get to see him. He did confirm with me that he is on the Monkey team with us this year and I told him I was glad to hear it. He has had a tough schedule this last while but he has made the commitment to be a part of the team. I have decided in my future travels to try and see where he is in the off chance we are in the same city again. I think it is important to him to know that we will always be a part of Silent River Kung Fu. Maybe next time we can get in those form reps together.