In the morning walk along the lakefront to the Brady Street bridge. See the walkers out to raise awareness of suicide prevention. In the afternoon walk along the lakefront to Whitefish Bay. Walk until it is dark. Get home again with sore legs and feet. My body and my spirit are weak from all the walking and exercise I have been doing lately. Listen to NFL games.
Sore legs and feet
Walk along the lakefront to the Brady Street Bridge. Listen to Harvard beat Cornell 35-22. In the late afternoon walk again along the lakefront to the Brady Street Bridge. Walk south to 6th and Rogers. Go look to see if Lorena is home. She is not. Listen to Wisconsin shut out Michigan State 38-0. At night walk along the lakefront to Capitol Drive. Stop at Culver’s for a sundae. Walk back downtown. Listen to Notre Dame hang on to beat USC 30-27. Get home late at night and with very sore legs and feet.
Watch the moon dancing in the clouds
Go to the office. Get very little done. Go home. Take a nap. Walk along the lakefront to Northpoint. Go to Orange Theory. At night walk along the lakefront to Northpoint. Look up to watch the moon dancing in the clouds.
Eat a sundae in the dark
Go to the Safety Building for hearings. Run around back and forth to the courthouse to make all my apperances. Go to the office in the afternoon to meet with a private investigator to talk about a case. Go home. Tired and worn out. Manage to gather up energy to go walking at night in the drizzling rain. Stop at Moosa’s to get a caramel sundae. Eat my sundae in the dark. Walk home.
See the Bucks play
Go to the Safety Building in the morning for hearings. Go to the jail for a consultation. Drive out to the House of Correction for another consultation. In the afternoon walk along the lakefront to Northpoint. Walk down Farwell Avenue then up Brady Street. Go to Orange Theory. After walk to the Fiserv Forum to see the Bucks play. The win a pre-season game agains the Utah Jazz.
Around downtown
Go to the office. Work all day. In the afternoon take a short walk around downtown.
Rock you like a Hurricane
Go to Cryotherapy in the morning. Still sore afterwards. Walk to the office. Make a few phone calls. Walk to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Come outside and see a little protest set up in front of the jail. The group there is protesting my client’s incarceration. I buy a t-shirt from my client’s mom. They are chanting: “No Justice, No Peace!” Go back in the Safety Building to meet another client for a court hearing there. Afterwards, go back outside and the protest is still going on. Hang around. An old client walks by to sign the protest list. We chat for a little bit. Walk home. My body is so sore. I am feeling down too. Go to Orange Theory. Everything turns around on the treadmill. I leave there in a fantastic mood and with all kinds of energy. Walk along the lakefront at night. A half moon is up in the sky and some stars are out there too. Post on Facebook about my positive experience at Orange Theory. Here it is:
I didn’t want to go in tonight. My body was sore and my spirit was down. Then coach rocked out the music. Once I heard the Scorpions “Rock you like a Hurricane” everything was all better. Then I killed that workout.
Kicking the Verlo Mattress mascot
In the morning walk down to the lakefront. See a kid beating up on the Verlo Mattress mascot at the Summerfest grounds. The kid is kicking it hard. Walk to Northpoint. Walk along the route of the Milwaukee Marathon. Walk past the lead runners as they head tpwards the finish line. Walk up to North Avenue. Walk along the river back downtown. In the afternoon walk south to College Avenue. Walk west to 20th Street. Walk north to Layton Avenue. Walk down to 6th Street. Walk north to Oklahoma Avenue. Walk to Bay View. Listen to the Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys, 34-24.
Blowouts
In the morning go to Cryotherapy. Body was sore when I woke up but felt better after the deep freeze. Take the train to Chicago. Walk around the city. Listen to blowouts all over college football. Listen to the Badgers blow out Kent State, 48-0. Listen to Harvard crush Howard , 42-7. Listen to Notre Dame beat up on Bowling Green, 52-0. Take the train back home.
Still hiding in the plants
Go to the courthouse in the morning for a restitution hearing and a sentencing hearing. Go to the jail for two long consultations with clients. Eat lunch in the courthouse cafeteria. Go to court in the afternoon for two more hearings. Go home. Sunny afternoon. Fall asleep on the couch. Go to Orange Theory. The little fish I bought on Sunday is still mostly hiding in the plants. The adjustment period is long with this one.
