Serendipity I

I have decided to share several of my life's many interesting coincidences as a series, starting with this one from back in 2000.

Masterson’s Catering, Louisville, KY; 2000


I had been working at Masterson’s as a caterer for about a year, commuting 70 miles from Hodgenville to work in Louisville, right next to UofL (thus working there actually made sense since I was in undergrad at UofL at the time). On a busy weekend, we would have 4 parties in house and numerous off-site caterings, employing around 60 servers. It was a weekend such as this that I was lucky enough to get to stay in-house on one of the easy banquets.

As service began, a new server walked in to start their first shift. It was Leslie Walters from Hodgenville; she graduated a year before me from the only high school in the county and had moved to Louisville to attend UofL. Mom was really good friends with her dad, who was the high school guidance counselor. Carter had more than one run-in with Mr. Walters back in his high school days. I could have easily been on a different event and not even met her before she quit a few weeks later. As it was, it felt surreal to see someone associated strongly with one environment in another setting, which has become somewhat of a theme in my life.

I also find it serendipitous that, while working at Masterson’s, I met my BFF, Emily, and Andrew, my soulmate, there, as well as getting my first dog, Cuba, from a fellow employee (I’ll never forget you, Juan Carlos!).