“Why do you have to always let people go by?!” Cole says to me as I’m dropping him off at school. I say, “It’s called Karma, if you do good you will see good, do bad and you will see bad.” At that point I witnessed the rolling of the eyes with the usual response of a sigh. My day continued to show signs of Karma at work, mostly good, but a not-so-good one popped up.
After dropping off Cole I headed to the airport to pick up my parents who were arriving from Chicago at 9:05 in the morning! They have been labeled by my siblings and me as The Griswolds. I could tell one story after another to prove my point, so it may be just better to trust me on this one.
I pulled up to terminal A at the airport and there was my Pops waiting on the curb while my mom was probably inside talking to someone, who, well the options are limitless. I grab the Griswolds, head back to the house and get them settled in. Of course there was the usual walk around the house, paper and pen in hand as my Pops makes his punch list of what he plans to fix while visiting. As it stands, at the moment, I will be getting new handrails on the stairs, a new secured toe board and my greatest hope is assistance with putting chicken wire around the fence to keep our newest family member from escaping, no not Ares. We have a new wiener dog, Vilne. Vilne will require an entire blog entry to himself, stay tuned. When the punch list starts, I start calling/texting all the people I know who have tools, real tools according to Pops.
Once the Griswolds were settled I headed to see some clients for the day with the plan upon my return to walk with the Griswolds to get Mia from school, oops and the dogs. I arrived home just in time to get the pack of people and dogs together and head out on our journey. Yes, journey!
By the time we were halfway to the school, Yoshi, relieved his bowels two times which means I had to hear Pops say over and over again how potent this dog is. Fortunately, we pass a park halfway to the school which has a garbage can. Pops decides to take a sprint with Vilne to dispose of the bag with the wretched smell. At this point, my mom and I begin to laugh as we both think the same thing. I say, “You know within minutes of getting rid of the bag, Yoshi is going to drop another present for him!” Sure enough a block later Yoshi delivered, but not in a firm matter. Dog walkers out there know what I mean. At that point Pops is saying a few words under his breath and has a grimaced look on his face. Thinking we are short on time, I place some leaves over the steaming pile of grossness and say, “We will get it on our way back.” Honestly, in my head I was thinking this one can slide, maybe we will forget about this on the way back.
Moments later we are at the school at which point Yoshi decides to bark at a dog who was walking in front of us. I knew this wasn’t a good sign as when Yoshi is in the car with me and sees this dog, he always responds with nonstop barking, hmm do they meet up during Yoshi’s neighborhood outings? I instruct Pops to stay away from the main entrance from the school as I wasn’t sure how Yoshi would respond to all of the hustle and bustle once the kids are released. Moments later I turn around and Pops is lying on the school lawn wrestling with Yoshi (do you see where the Griswold name comes in). Mia runs out of school super excited to see the Griswolds and dogs; I’m like chopped liver at that point.
We start the journey back home. Pops, Yoshi and Mia are a block ahead of us trying to stay clear of the dog Yoshi insists upon barking at every moment he can. Meanwhile my mom, Vilne and I are casually walking along. Coming down the hill I see Pops on the ground again with the dog and meanwhile he is yelling up the hill at us, “Come on you slow pokes…oh that’s right Gimpy is with us!” Yes, that is my latest nickname due to my ACL surgery. I can’t help it that my gait is a bit off these days, but boy does it provide for great jokes from the Griswolds!
Just after calling his daughter names, Pops takes a seat on the grass…oh about three feet from the pile of leaves I created on our way to school. I look at my mom and point out where Pops is sitting. I must admit we both chuckled at that point. Once we reach Pops some of the girls who were walking ask to pet the dogs so everyone stops in the area of the pile of leaves. Talking, giggling and some, “Oh, they are so cute!” are heard. I break up the party as we still have a ways to walk. It is this moment that my belief in Karma plays itself out. As Mia gets up off the grass I notice the pile of leaves is gone and the smelly, steaming present left by Yoshi is now smeared all over Mia’s suede boots! Yes, Karma is a $!@#&.
The Griswolds insist upon trying to clean the boots when we make it back to the park. Each with a boot in hand, they are on hands and knees attempting to wipe the boots clean. I actually have pictures documenting this to be used at an opportune time! After the heroic efforts it was decided the boots needed to go right to the garbage can upon our return home.
So here I sit on a Sunday morning writing this while being reminded by Mia that I owe her a pair of boots.
Yes Cole, I believe in Karma and it plays out everyday in my life!
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