Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning ride my bike to Manitoba Elementary School. Lock up my bike and walk west to St. Gregory the Great church. Turn east. Walk by St. Sava Serbian Orthodox church. Walk back to my bike. Ride to the 76th Street RV parking lot. Lock up my bike. Walk south to Lincoln Avenue. Walk west to 92nd Street. Stop at Cousin’s for a turkey sub. Walk back to my bike. Ride home.
In the morning drive to Sam’s Club. They have Diet Coke this time. Buy in large quantities. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work briefly. Walk home. Walk down to the lakefront. Put out peanuts and walnuts for the squirrels. Walk north to UW-Milwaukee. Stop at Qdoba for steak quesadilla. Walk home. At night watch “Frankenstein” (1931).
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for several hearings. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work briefly. Walk south to National Avenue. Walk back home. At night watch “Dracula” (1931).
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.
