Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Drive home. Eat lunch. In the afternoon drive back to the courthouse. Go in for another hearing. Drive home. Ride my bike to McDonald’s in Bay View. Order food. Put it in my backpack. Ride home. Eat the food. All day the sky smelled like smoke from wildfires raging up north. The air quality alert registers as the worst ever in Milwaukee.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings all morning. Drive home. Eat lunch. In the afternoon drive back to the courthouse for another hearing. Drive home. In the late afternoon ride my bike to McDonald’s in Bay View. Put the food in my backpack. Ride home. Eat the food.
In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for consultations. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk to McDonald’s on National Avenue. Order food. Put it in my backpack. Walk home. Eat the food.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for jury trial. Client takes a plea offer. Trial is cancelled. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Lay on the couch.
In the morning ride my bike to Euclid Park. Walk around the neighborhood. Ride home. In the alter afternoon walk north along the Oak Leaf trail out to UW-Milwaukee. Walk home. Listen to snippets of Beatles interviews during the early years of Beatlemania in 1964 and 1965.
In the morning walk to the office. Get ready for jury trial on Monday. Walk home. Walk to the lakefront. Throw peanuts to a squirrel. Watch the squirrel climb up and down a tree gathering the peanuts that I stick in the crevices of the trunk. The squirrel keeps his eyes on me to see where I am hiding the treats. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a sentencing hearing. Drive home. Walk to Bastile Days. Get an order of beignets. Eat them while watching a blues band perform. Walk down to the lakefront. Look for squirrels but only find a group of geese. Throw out bread to them. Walk home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on several projects. Walk to the U.S. Bank Tower. Deposit a large sum on money into my account. Go to the Downtown Kitchen. Eat a salad. Walk back to the office. Work a little while longer. Walk home. Walk around downtown. See pigeons eating bread crumbs in front of the Chase Tower. Walk up to Cathedral Square. See thousands of people gathered for Bastille Days. Walk home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on and off. Walk home. Eat lunch. Walk back to the office. Work a little more. Walk home. Walk down to the lakefront. Throw a peanut to a squirrel. The squirrel cracks open the shell and eats the peanuts inside while hanging on a tree trunk. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Walk over to the courthouse. Go in for a plea and sentencing hearing. Client’s mother goes off on me in the hallway after it is over. Client got less time than the prosecutor recommended but that didn’t matter. Drive home. Ride my bike to 76th Street. Walk around West Allis. Stop at George Webb. The service is actually good. Ride home.
