Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning wake up still sick. This is a bad cold. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Decide to keep the flowers and plants inside under the sun lamp. It is still too cold outside in my opinion. Lay on the couch all afternoon. Go to bed early.
In the morning wake up sick. Drive to Stein’s Garden Center. Buy more dirt and plants. Drive to Pick N’ Save. Go grocery shopping. Drive home. Try to go for a walk. Give up at Juneau Park. Walk home. In bed by 3:00 PM. Stay in bed for the next 15 hours.
In the morning drive to Stein’s Garden Center on 27th Street. Buy a bag of dirt and plants and flowers. Drive home. While bringing up the flowers the Fed Ex driver arrives with the new planters that I purchased. Set them up on the deck. Toss dirt into them. Leave the plants inside for now. Walk along the lakefront up to Lake Park. Turn around and walk home. I can feel a cold coming over me. Barely sleep all night as the virus takes over my body.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings all morning. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work all afternoon. Walk home. At night watch “The Adventures of Marco Polo” (1938). Go to bed while the sun is still in the sky.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Stop at the courthouse cafe for lunch. Get two orders of mozarella sticks. Walk to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Stick around for court in the afternoon. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work some more. Walk to the jail with my laptop. Go in to watch surveillance videos with the client. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for consultations. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work all afternoon. Walk to the jail. Go in for another consultation. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for consultations. Try to anyway. The jail is on lockdown. Drive out to the House of Correction. Go in for consultations. Drive to Sam’s Club. Go in to buy Diet Coke and Ice Mountain water. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Watch Youtube videos from women talking about daily life in China. Fascinating.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on many files. Walk home. In the afternoon walk down to the lakefront. Hide peanuts around for the squirrels. One squirrel is on to me and grabs the peanuts and hides them. It joyfully runs back and forth with the peanuts. Walk to the grocery store. Put down a handful of bird seed surreptitiously in front of a pigeon that comes right over and eats it up. Walk home.
In the morning drive to Kansasville. Park at the elementary school. Walk south to the Bong Recreation Area. Walk east. See a pasture full of cows. Turn north. Walk back to my car. Walk over seven hours. Hurting for most of the last hour of the hike. Drive home.
Walk south into Bay View. Walk to South Shore beach. Turn back and look at the city skyline. Walk south into St. Francis. Turn around and walk back home.
