Patrick is Here

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Drive to the Children’s Courthouse. Go in to the detention area. Do a consultation. Drive to the House of Correction. Go in for another consultation. Drive home. Feel exhausted. Drag myself to the nearest Hop station. Get on board and ride it to my office. Go in and work for a while. Walk home. Get a burst of energy. Walk south to Walker’s Point again. Walk west on Canal Street. Walk up to Marquette University. Walk home.

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work on drafting reply brief. It is raining and hailing outside. File it. Walk home. The sunshine comes out. Walk to the Walker’s Point. Walk over to the 6th Street bridge. Walk west to Marquette. Turn around and walk home.

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Walk over to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive to the House of Correction. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk south to Freshwater Way. Walk past the Rite-Hite corporate headquarters. Rite–Hite manufactures loading dock equipment, industrial doors and other in-plant products. Keep walking west to 13th Street. Walk back home.

In the morning drive to Racine. Walk around an old cemetery. There are people buried there that died in the 19th century. There is a grave of a soldier who died in combat in World War II. There is a gold star medallion at his grave. Walk back to the car. It starts raining. Go to the grocery store. Drive home. Later after the rain stops walk around downtown Milwaukee.

In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Ride my bike to 76th Street. Get out and walk around West Allis. The sun and warm temperatures break out. Very nice. Walk all the way west to Highway 100. Turn around and walk back to my bike. Ride home. At night watch “The In-Laws” (1979).

In the morning drive to the courthouse. It is like night out here. A massive thunderstorm crashes into town. Go in for a few hearings. Drive home. Walk to the office. Do a telephone consultation with a client up north in prison. Walk home.

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Client gets a sentence three times longer from what I recommended to the judge. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work all afternoon. Walk home. Lay on the couch. Go to bed early.

In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk up to Marquette University. Turn around and walk back home along Wisconsin Avenue.

In the morning walk to the office. Finish working on appeal brief. File it. Walk home. Eat lunch. Walk down to the lakefront. Find geese, gulls and ducks and throw out bread scraps everywhere. Walk home.

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for two quick hearings. Drive home. Walk to the office. Continue working on appeal brief. Walk home. Very tired and sore today. Lay on the couch and watch “The Murders on the Rue Morgue” (1986).