Awkward Situations: It's for the birds

I was thisclose to getting pooped on by a pigeon today. Thisclose, but I didn't. Not today universe. NOT TODAY.

Once upon a time about 6 years ago I had a different kind of run in with a pigeon...and the universe got me.

I was living in Weimar at the time. If you've never been there, it's a beautiful place. I was there for a year teaching English and had been in Weimar for about 4 months. It was end of January or beginning of February and my boyfriend back home had just broken up with me because he didn't trust me. I never did anything, he just had trust issues, but that's a story for another day. Anyways, he had broken up with me the night before and his last words were, "Well, I guess it's not official til it's on Facebook." Right. Winner.

So, I was feeling pretty down the next day and decided to go see the movie 27 Dresses. I could sympathize. I had already been a bridesmaid 7 times by then (now 8 and counting...) and well...I had just gotten dumped. 3 times a bridesmaid...well crap.

I was down trodden, and on my way to the movie theater. It was a Sunday and cold, so not so many people were out. I walked to the Theater Platz, the main square in Weimar, and it was empty except for a tour group of about 20 people. Here's a photo so you can visualize. Lovely, isn't it?

As I was crossing the Theater Platz,  I also came across a group of pigeons. I swear, one of those pigeons looked directly at my pathetic face and knew. We made eye contact, and suddenly it charged right for me. It tried to fly over my head, but it didn't quite make it, and flew SMACK, right into my forehead. It even scratched me with its little evil foot. Naturally, everyone in the tour group witnessed this. A lady came running over to see if I was OK. She looked genuinely concerned. No lady, I am fine. My dignity however, has been slightly injured.

All I could think was, ya got me universe. Ya got me.