Wake up with knee pain. Left knee. Hurts all day. Walk to the office. Work all morning. Walk to the U.S. Bank tower for lunch. Walk back to the office. Work all afternoon. Walk home. Knee still hurts. Warm, sunny beautiful summer day. I am forced to rest and miss out on the joy. Stay in and watch “The Mule” (2018).
Master of the Senate
Ride the train down to Chicago. Walk around downtown Chicago. Ride the train back home. Finish listening to the third book in the series on Lyndon Johnson: “Master of the Senate” by Robert Caro. Took me three weeks to get through it. Feel a little down the whole day.
Another nice calm summer evening
Walk to the office in the morning. Work all morning. Walk home for lunch. Eat Pop Tarts. Walk to the courthouse. Go to the Safety Building for a hearing. Walk back home. Go to Orange Theory. Walk along the lakefront to Northpoint. Walk up North Avenue. Walk along the river. Stop at Denim Park to see the concert. Walk to Pere Marquette Park to see the River Rythms concert. Nice calm, warm summer evening.
Menards
Meet with a guy in the building to set up my new parking spot. No more fighting for a parking spot in the big lot across the street. Now I will be parking in an assigned lot just for me right next to the building. This is an awesome development. Walk up to the office. Meet with my investigator and a witness. Discuss cases. Do more work. Walk to the U.S. Bank tower for lunch. Get a salad. Walk back to the office. Do some more work. In the afternoon, walk to Menards in West Milwaukee to get a universal remote so I can open the gate to the parking lot next to my building. Walk to Culver’s for dinner. Walk home. Program the code into the dip switch of the remote. Go outside to test it. When it finally works I loudly yell out in a joyous manner: “Boom!”. At sunset, drive down to St Francis to get soda from Pick N’Save. Stop at the Petco next door to get packages frozen blood worms, fronzen shrimp and frozen Emerald Entree for the fishes. There was a sadness hanging over me in the morning that gradually lifted little by little over the course of the day. By the time the sun set for the day, I was feeling much better.
Missed a golden sunset tonight
Go to the courthouse to continue jury trial. Make closing arguments. Go to the courthouse cafe for lunch. Chicken wings and rice. Go back to wait for verdict. Sit through long sentencing on another case. Go home. Too tired to go for a walk. Depressed. Fall asleep early. Missed a golden sunset tonight.
Jet fighters overhead
In the morning walk along the lakefront to Whitefish Bay. Walk along the stands for the Air and Water show. Walk south to Capitol Drive. Walk up to Teutonia Avenue. Walk back downtown. Jet fighters fly overhead again and again as I walk through the north side. At night watch “Fight Club” (1999).
Brewers in extra innings
In the morning walk up Martin Luther King Drive to North Avenue. Walk to Sherman Blvd. Walk to Washington Park. Walk down Wisconsin Avenue. At night walk to Miller Park. Listen to the Brewers come back win over the Chicago Cubs in extra innings. In a very good mood.
Continue jury trial
Walk to the courthouse in the morning. Continue jury trial. For lunch walk to Burger King again. Walk back to court in the afternoon to continue jury trial. Walk home. Walk by the Fiserv Forum along the way. In a very good mood. Tired at the end of a long week. Go to bed early.
Nice day to walk to court
Walk to the courthouse in the morning. Nice and sunny and warm. Walk to the courthouse in my suit and tie with a backpack full of files. Go to jury trial. Walk to Burger King again for lunch. Continue jury trial all afternoon. Walk back home. Take a short walk to the lakefront up to the Brady Street Bridge. Walk back home along the Oak Leaf Trail.
The band is done playing
Wake up early. Go to court to continue jury trial. Jury trial goes a little sideways. Objections, arguments concerning the defendant’s 6th Amendment right to confrontation, even a motion for a mistrial. Walk up Wells Street and go to Burger King for lunch. Go back to court for jury trial all afternoon. At sunset walk along the lakefront to Northpoint. Walk up North Avenue. Walk along the river back downtown. Stop at the concert at Denim Park. The band is done playing. Drinking beer already. Walk down to Pere Marquette Park. The river rhythms concert is underway. Not much of a crowd. Another nice warm evening. Calm winds. No clouds. Summer glow all around me.
