Dog Poo Happens

Mexico has many dogs and cats that we don't necessarily have a home. As a result, freshly deposited and not so recently deposited doggy poo is found in a lot of places around town. Our children have a special talent for finding these little gifts and stepping in them, falling in them etc... usually right after a shower and as we are headed off to dinner. The other night we saw our friends, the Cawrses at a fantastic little taco place and within minutes Trace had one of his shoes covered. Johns daughter had also found the same pile and they had smeared a bit on their family golf cart. As I will tend to do, I got really frustrated with the whole situation. Kids are clean, just sat down for dinner and suddenly I'm looking for ways to scrape off crap from my son's shoe. Then there was John to the rescue. John and his family have had a home down here for the better part of 6 years and have learned a lot about living here and as a result, life in general. He calmly walked over to the kids, found a hose and just cleaned it up. "It's ok, dog poo happens" he said. Embarrassingly, I had to agree. Within half a minute John had cleaned up the situation and everyone was smiling again. I would have certainly fumed for much longer and had very little success getting over the situation. So, "dog poo happens" whether it's in Mexico or other places and there are other things in the world that happen that are much much worse. A lesson learned. Thanks John. Ozzy