Today was a crazy day.  As usual, we went down by the water to feed the ducks and birds. As I opened the window to toss out some food, a seagull above lost bowel control and did a huge poop. Like I said, the window was open. It was a really windy day, especially on the water. You do the math… Taylor was not impressed and told the bird how rude he was.

After we dropped her off at school, the boys and I were driving home and I noticed a huge amount of poop on the back window. I put the rear wipers on and began to spray washer fluid to clean the mess, only it didn’t work. I tried and tried again, to no avail. I couldn’t figure it out. During the third attempt, Jackson started screaming. I figured he was tired because it was nap time and I told him to quiet down and we would be home soon. I sprayed the back window one more time and Jack’s screams intensified. I looked back at a red light and realized that the windshield washer fluid was leaking into my car and splashing my kid. The poor boy. I felt so bad. I cleaned it up and calmed him down and all was well.  I have to take my car in for a service appointment, but at least I know not to use the fluid for now. The entire remainder of the day, Jackson would look at where the leak was in the car and say “No more spray! No more spray!” He was so happy.

Late this afternoon, we took the kids to the car wash since the exterior was covered in poop. The inside was just as bad and was basically a sandbox made of street salt and cheerio dust. The kids had so much fun at the car wash. They were so impressed by the entire concept and they loved that they could help spray all of the cars!

We left the car wash and headed up the street to the diner at Taylor’s request. As soon as we got there, Todd realized that there was a nice iPhone 6 in the front of the car that didn’t belong to either of us. We noticed it also had the license of a man who helped us at the car wash, stuck inside the case. We turned right around to return it. Taylor was a little upset that we weren’t going inside to eat right away but we took the opportunity to explain that this man was missing his phone and returning it would be the right thing to do. I think every single person who worked at the car wash called this phone as we were driving back to return it. I didn’t answer the calls because we were almost there, but they were very clearly looking for it. I jumped out of the car and held the phone up and the guys outside all started cheering and said “He’s inside! You are going to make him so happy!” I went inside, found the man and returned the phone. He was elated. He actually said “I love you! I love you so much! You are such a good person for bringing it back. I didn’t know where it fell out! I’m going to hug you now!” And he did. I assured him that it was no problem and I was happy to return the phone. He insisted on escorting me back to the car and said “Really. You don’t know how much I appreciate this. I don’t have the money to buy a new one. I really wish I had something to give you.” I promised him I wanted nothing in return and that I was just doing what I hope someone would do for me and setting a good example for my kids. He thanked our whole family, told me not to go anywhere, and came back with a card for a free car wash. As we drove away, Taylor said “Mom, he really was happy. That was nice of us to do!”

Even on days where you are literally crapped on, you can still be kind to others.