no sh*t?!

this morning, no 4 hour spanish class - thank goodness, my brain hurts!

instead we walked from home to the hospital/medical museum/medical school in quito. on the way we stopped at a park near our house to take some photos of these beautiful tile horse statues. we were wrapping up and as I swung my backpack around to put away my camera I felt a massive impact on my right shoulder/arm and right shoe... I was confused... something... warm? wet...? I looked down and realized what I already knew, I had been pooed on by a... wow that is a lot of poo!! it must have been a... condor? ;) likely, judging by the quantity of the feces.

lo and anne saw the expression on my face and went from puzzled to cracking up as they realized what had prompted my reaction. 'let me take a photo, then you can have some tissue' I heard lo say. I was trying to evaluate the mess. somehow, in addition to the poo all down my right arm, there was also poo on my left arm - splatter? and my right shoe was clearly covered, a direct shot! this bird was definitely aiming. but somehow, given the volume of the poo, when the rest hit the ground around my feet it splattered up onto both of my legs. yes, you are reading this correctly. one bird (or it could have been a flock for all we know), managed to poo on all 4 of my limbs... simultaneously.

now if that isn't lucky I don't know what is! :) fortunately we were so near our casa it was easy to run home, change my poo covered outfit - yes, it also got on my shirt and jacket too, and wash all of my limbs... thank goodness the backpack and my head were miraculously spared!!

maybe I shouldn't have mentioned so often how much I like poo... what a way to start the morning!