My Crappy Day Could Have Been Worse

I look forward to my walks pretty much every day, no matter what the weather is like outside. But of course, some days are better than others, and some days are just down right terrible. In the late fall and early winter, the rain and slush creates freezing puddles at every turn, some that I simply can’t avoid stepping through. In the dead of summer, as you can imagine, it becomes so hot and sticky that I often have to fight the urge to strip. Today was one of those terrible days, but considering the circumstances, it may have been the crappiest yet… literally.

I’m actually surprised it didn’t happen sooner. Really, the odds are in the birds’ favor, but it took a year and two weeks for one of them to relieve itself from a tree branch at precisely the moment that I passed under it. Crappy indeed! I hoped perhaps the tree was shaking off some moisture remaining from the weekend rain, but looking down the front of my shirt confirmed what I was trying to deny. I was about 5 minutes from my bus, but I definitely couldn’t go on with my day covered in poo. So, I stripped (sorry ladies, but I’m taken!) and went back home.

All in all, it wasn’t the best start to a morning, but it wasn’t going to ruin my day either. Nature called, and I happened to be there too. Someone walking amongst such beautiful trees should expect as much. So, needless to say, I’m not discouraged and I’ll be out there risking my cleanliness again tomorrow morning. Walking is always an adventure, but I look forward to it every day.