Coincidence? Fate? A run-in at the Library

Monday the 18th I went to work as normal.  The previous week I was working at the library, and I thought that I wouldn't be there anymore this week; I thought that I would be working under a different supervisor.  In the morning though, it turns out that he didn't need me that day.  Which meant that I went back to the library to work.  (Every other day I did end up working for him though, so Monday was just an off day).

Not only was I unexpectedly working at the library pulling weeds, but my wife also needed the car that day.  I usually just drive to work and then drive back, but that day one of Heather's friends wanted to meet up with her at the Provo Rec Center, which meant that my wife would need the car.  So Heather and Henry got up way early to drop me off at work at 6:00 am, just so that they could have the car.  Without the car, they would have been stuck at home all day, unable to go anywhere. As it turns out, Heather's friend ended up falling through and they didn't meet up after all.  But Heather still had the car, and still wanted to go to the Rec Center.

All of these things happened out of the blue.  Add to that the fact that the Provo Library is swarming with Pokemon players, and you have the perfect set up for what happened next.

I was pulling weeds out in front of the library.  It was 12:45.  Heather, with the car, who decided to still go to the Provo Rec Center, drives past the library on her way there and decides to come say hi to me working.  So she parks the car and starts walking over to me with Henry.  I didn't notice her then, but someone else did.

As it turns out, my Aunt Denise and Uncle Pat, along with my cousin Danny, also drove into the parking lot at about the same time.  My Aunt Denise never would have seen me, but she did spot Heather and Henry walking over and excitedly called them over.  I look up to see them and I was amazed to see my Aunt Denise and some of her family there.  Now, you might be asking yourself the question, if Aunt Denise and Uncle Pat live all the way out in Las Vegas, what on earth were they doing out at the Provo Library?  Answer: Pokémon.  My cousin Danny is a Pokémon Go player, and couldn't resist stopping by the hottest Pokémon spot in all of Provo.  (They were in Provo, by the way, stopping by the BYU Bookstore on their way home to Vegas.)

We all took pictures and Denise e-mailed my wife some.  I was hoping to get the ones with all of us, but here's one with just Heather, Henry, and me.

It was fantastic to run into my aunt and uncle and cousin completely randomly in the middle of Provo.  We chatted and caught up and took pictures and thought it was the coolest thing ever.  But what are the odds of that happening?  My current supervisor didn't need me on Monday, so I went back to the library, Heather had the car, and her friend fell through but she wanted to go to the Rec Center anyway, and Danny and his parents came to the library at that exact same time due to Pokémon Go.  By the way, I asked Danny and apparently the Provo Library has 4 Pokéstops all clustered together there, which is why it's such a hot spot for Pokémon trainers to go.

Was it coincidence that brought us all together?  Was there some sort of higher power at work?  Does it matter?  If it was from a higher power, was there a bigger overreaching purpose to it?  Or was it just so that we could see each other again and have fun?  I'm not sure.  I don't have answers, only questions.  But either way it was still super cool.

And to close, speaking of coincidences, here's a fun little video for you: