International Assassin

In the morning drive to the office. Do a couple of hearings over Zoom. Drive to the courthouse. Go in for a preliminary hearing. Walk to the office. Work in the afternoon. Walk home. At night watch my favorite episode of The Leftovers: “International Assassin”.

Xena is in her castle

In the morning walk to the office. Do court hearings over Zoom. Drive to Lorena’s house. Hang out with Xena. She climbs the stairs to the house next door. Xena is in her castle. She is so full of imagination. Drive back to the office. Work for a while. Go to Orangetheory. At night walk to the Fiserv Forum. A large crowd is gathered outside to watch the Bucks playoff game. The Bucks win.

Paleta

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a quick hearing. Walk to the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility. Go in for a consultation. Drive to the House of Correction. Go in for another consultation. Drive to Lorena’s house. Hang out on the sidewalk with Xena. Give her money for a paleta. She walks up to the man and hands him the money. He hands her the delicious paleta. She eats it while playing with me on the sidewalk. Drive back home. Walk to the office. Work some more. Go to Orangetheory.

Sit at the little table

In the morning walk to the office. Work all morning. Drive to Lorena’s house. Have lunch with Xena. We sit at the little table. Xena does some painting on her little color by number project. Drive back home. Walk to the office. Work again. Walk down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Later walk to Brady Street and back home.

Best friends

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for several hearings. Drive to Lorena’s house. Play in the yard with Xena. We are best friends. Drive back home. Do a phone consultation with an incarcerated client. Take a nap. At night go to Orangetheory.

Fort Coshconong

Put my bike on the car rack. Drive to Waukesha. Ride the bike west on the Glacial Drumlin trail. Ride south to Fort Atkinson. Ride to the replika of Fort Coshconong. It was a fortress built for U.S. soldiers fighting Native Americans in the Black Hawk War of 1832. Ride back to Waukesha. My legs get very sore. I took on too much. Load bike back onto car rack. Drive home. Lay on the couch and watch “The War Room” (1993).

Wait all morning

Wake up tired and worn out. Wait all morning for my energy to return. In the afternoon ride my bike south along the Oak Leaf trail down to Grant Park. Ride back home.

Get an ice cream cone

In the morning walk to the office. Do three hearings over the Zoom app. Drive to Lorena’s house. Play in the yard with Xena. Drive back to the office. End up spending the whole afternoon sitting in the office waiting to get my case called on Zoom. Ride my bike up the Oak Leaf trail. Ride to Kopp’s. Get an ice cream cone. Sit outside in the warm evening enjoying it.

Tiger baby

In the morning drive to the office. Work on a few things. Drive to the jail. Go in for a couple of consultations. Drive to Sam’s Club. Buy Diet Coke and Ice Mountain water. Drive to Lorena’s house. Have lunch with Xena. Got her a Happy Meal from McDonald’s. There is a Tiger baby toy inside. She loves it. We make up a whole story together as to how the Tiger baby wound up in a McDonald’s Happy Meal box. Drive home. Do a court hearing over Zoom from my living room couch. Walk to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Walk home. Go to Orangetheory. Drive to Bay View to pick up my bike. They ended up replacing the back wheel. There were “micro” tears along the rim on the old wheel. Drive back home.

Duck boats are back

In the morning drive to the office. Work on several files. Drive to the courthouse. Go in for a preliminary hearing. The video system is down. Can’t connect to the client imprisoned at the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility. Case is adjourned. Drive home. Take a short nap. Do another court hearing over Zoom while sitting on the couch. Walk to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. The duck boats are back on the lagoon. Walk home. Go to Orangetheory. No mask required. My heart rate soars.