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In the morning walk to the office. Work for a little while. Drive to Lorena’s house. Give Xena the Frozen backback that I got for her to use for school. She is very happy. In the afternoon walk up to Locust Street. Walk by Riverside School just as classes are letting out. The school buses are lined up along the street. The kids swarm all around the sidewalk. I am swept up in their tide. Continue walking north to UW-Milwaukee. Walk to the student union. See college students in the Panther shop getting shirts and jackets with their parents. Everything today was all about going back to school.

In the morning walk to the lakefront. See a kids soccer league playing on several fields. Walk to the lake. Find some ducks. Throw bread out to them. In the afternoon walk south to Bay View. Stop under a bridge to wait out a spot rain shower. Walk west to American Family Field. The place is empty. The Brewers are on the road today. Walk north to Wisconsin Avenue. Walk back home.

In the morning drive to the grocery store. Buy food. Drive home. In the afternoon walk south to Bay View. Go to Humboldt Park. Stop to see a blues band perform at the WMSE Backyard BBQ. It turns from clear blue skies to heavy rains within a few minutes. Run to a taco restaurant to get out of the rain. After the rain stops walk to 13th Street. Walk north back home.

In the morning walk to the office. Do a bunch of court hearings over Zoom. In the afternoon walk up Prospect Avenue then up Downer Avenue. Walk east to the lakefront. Walk south on the lakefront to the Summerfest Grounds. Stop to see all the happy people going into Mexican Fiesta.

In the morning walk to the office. Do a bunch of court hearings over Zoom. Drive to the courthouse. Do a live court hearing there. Drive to Lorena’s house. Xena is wearing the Milwaukee Bucks champions shirt that I got for her. We play with the dolls she has with her this morning. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. In the late afternoon go to a live court hearing. Later walk up Water Street and over to Brady Street. Walk north on Farwell Avenue. Walk to Northpoint. Walk down to the lake. Walk along the lakefront back home. Watch “Stardust Memories” (1980).

In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Go to the courthouse for a preliminary hearing. Drive home. Watch “Pleasantville” (1998). Later walk up Prospect Avenue. Continue up Downer Avenue. Walk to Locust Street. Walk down to the lake. Walk along the lakefront back home.

In the morning walk to the office. Do a couple of hearings over Zoom. Drive to Lorena’s house. Xena is playing with a doll. She shows the doll off for me. “What is her name?”, I ask. “Jasmine”, she says. We pretend to be caught in a tornado again. It is super humid. I am soaking wet in my suit within a few minutes from all the running around. In the afternoon do another court hearing over Zoom. Later try to walk up prospect Avenue. It begins to rain heavily. Duck into the CVS on Brady Street and do some shopping until it stops raining. Walk home.

In the morning from my hotel to the Marathon County Jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive to a self serve car wash. Scrub down my car. It is clean again. Walk around a park. Walk out to Picnic Island. Walk around. It is peaceful out here. Drive to the Wausau Mine Company for lunch. The whole restaurant is made out to look like you are eating in an underground mine. Eat a BLT. Drive to the Marathon County Courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Drive back to Milwaukee. At sunset walk down to the lakefront.

In the morning drive to Wausau. Walk all around the McMillan Marsh and Wildlife refuge. See little frogs jumping around in front of me as I walk. Bugs keep biting at me. Drive to Wausau. Walk around the city. See people in kayaks struggling to paddle up the Wisconsin river. Drive to Rib Mountain. Walk to the highest point. Drive to my hotel. Go to bed.

In the morning walk to the office. Work on a few files. Walk home. Pack up for my trip to Wausau. It starts to rain on and off. Lay around the rest of the day and watch the epic Russian film of Tolstoy’s War and Peace (1966-1967).