Schizophrenic weather

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for preliminary hearings. Walk over to the Secure Detention building. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk south to Walker’s Point. It is warm and sunny. Walk west. Find four geese on the sidewalk. Throw out bread to them. Walk north to Highland Avenue. Walk east. Storm clouds begin to appear. It starts to rain. Walk home.

On the fifth floor

In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Eat lunch. Walk out to the Marquette campus. Turn north and walk to the jail. Go in for consultations. There is loud sreaming and yelling on the fifth floor. Do consultations. Walk to Ian’s pizza. Eat a slice. Walk by city hall. There are cops swarmed all over due to an alleged shooting somewhere but it turns out to a door slamming instead. Really. Walk home. It begins to thunder and lightning.

Fog drifts in

In the morning walk to the office. Draft trial outline for case next week. Walk home. Eat lunch. Walk back to the office. Work some more. Walk home. Walk to the lakefront. A swirling fog drifts in. Then it drifts out. Walk to Jing’s to pick up Chinese food. Walk home.

Grow lights

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk to the U.S. Bank Tower. Eat lunch while watching Jenna and Friends. Today’s guest is Salma Hayek. Walk back to the office. Work for a while longer. Walk home. Take a nap. A dense fog envelops the city. Put grow lights out on the flowers to help them get light.

Struggle the whole way

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Drive home. Eat lunch. Drive back to the courthouse. Go in for another hearing. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work briefly. Walk home. Walk down to the lakefront. My back and legs hurt. Struggle the whole way. Give up after an hour. Walk home.

Flowers in old fish tank

In the morning drive to the Town of Bristol. Walk around busy and quiet country roads. Walk for several hours. Walk back to my car. Drive home. Plant the flowers in the old fish tank out on the deck. Looks great.

Selling off everything

In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Ride my bike to 60th Street. Get out and walk around West Allis. Stop at the Drunk Uncle bar. The owner is selling off everything after the city shut it down. Walk around some more. Stop for a club sandwich off 68th Street. Walk back to my bike. Ride home.

River and the setting sun

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk north on Prospect Avenue. Stop at Ian’s for a slice of pizza. Walk west up North Avenue. Follow along the river and the setting sun back downtown.

White smoke and champagne

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. See that there is white smoke coming out of the chimney at the Vatican. Take a break to watch the new pope greet the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square. Walk home. Walk south to Walker’s Point. Throw out bread to the mother goose sitting on a flower pot on the Canal Street bridge. Her significant other gets mad and charges me. I put down seed for him and he forgets he is angry and points his beak at the sidewalk and eats. Walk to the Marquette campus. See the students taking graduation photos. See a line of girls along Wisconsin Avenue taking pictures of themselves uncorking champagne bottles. Walk back home.

Deny the visit

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Eat lunch. In the afternoon drive back to the courthouse for a hearing. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work on several files. Walk to Ian’s Pizza. Eat a slice. Walk to the jail. Go in for consultation. They deny the visit claiming they don’t have the staff available to do their fucking job! Walk home.