<human>: Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?

I was gardening on my back porch, which is made of wood and has slots in it so dirt fell down. My cats recently knocked over a pot, and I avoided cleaning the mess because of the dirt that the downstairs would receive.   I saw my downstairs neighbor walk out and look at the dirt and go back in, so I dropped a note apologizing and telling him I would pick it up if he asked, I went on to say that I was going to clean the mess from my cats and it would result in more dirt for him. I again mentioned I would love to clean it if it makes him upset. My son tosses martigras beads and things over my porch by accident as well, they are good sports about returning it. 

Am I out of line leaving a note? I don't know why but I feel so weird about it today, especially because I will be planting soon again this afternoon.
<bot>: I made a mess on my downstairs neighbors porch, am I a dick for dropping a note saying 'sorry I can clean it'?