Sleep in very late. Suprised by how late. Lay around the rest of the day. Do laundry. Clean the kitchen. Do not go outside at all. Gathering up energy today. Watch “The Right Stuff” (1983).
Relax its Friday
Drive to Racine. Go to court for a plea hearing. Get a haircut. Have a phone consultation with a client in prison. Go to Orange Theory. Set out to walk to Miller Park. Give up before I reach the casino. Oh well, I can relax tonight. I earned it. I worked very hard this week. Its Friday. Future looks bright.
Storm the Bastille
Wake up later than I planned. Rush to get ready. Drive to Racine. Go to court for a preliminary hearing. Drive to Milwaukee. Go to court for two status hearings. Walk home for lunch. Walk back to the courthouse. Go in for two status hearings, two preliminary hearings and a sentencing hearing. Walk back home. Stop at Potbelly’s on the way to pick up a turkey sub. Eat dinner. Walk back to the courthouse to get my car. Drive it back home. Walk along the lakefront to Northpoint. Start listening to the next Robert Caro book on Lyndon Johnson, “Master of the Senate”. On the way back home see the runners all over the downtown streets there to “Storm the Bastille”. Walk over to Bastille Days. Walk back home. In a very good mood. Best mood I have been in for some time.
Kitchen table
Drive to Racine in the morning. Go to the jail. Go in for consultations. Drive to Tony Chen’s for beef lo mein and pork fried rice. Drive to a client’s house. Meet with him at his kitchen table to discuss his case and review paperwork. In the afternoon walk along the lakefront to NorthPoint. Go to Orange Theory. At night walk along the lakefront to NorthPoint. Listen to the Robert Caro book “Means of Ascent”. Hear all about how Lyndon Johnson stole the 1948 Texas Senate election against Governor Coke Stevenson, winning by 87 votes out of more than one million cast.
Tennis Ball Walker
Go to the office in the morning. Work all morning. Walk to Ian’s for a slice of pizza for lunch. Walk to the jail for a consultation. Walk back to the office. Walk past the Peck Pavillion. Old people are gathered there to watch a play. See one lady with a walker sitting behind her seat that has two tennis balls cut open and fitted around the front legs. Work all afternoon at the office. Stop at home to have dinner and feed the fish. Walk along the lakefront to Northpoint. Walk west on North Avenue. Walk along the river back downtown. Walk past the Skyline Music Concert in Kadish park. In a good mood pretty much all day. At night watch “Bullitt” (1968).
The MECCA
Wake up sore from yesterdays massive effort. Go to the courts all day. Handle eight cases. Go before seven different judges. For lunch walk down to the Fiserv Forum and try out The MECCA Sports Bar and Grill. Go home and lay on the couch. Watch “Time Trap” (2017).
Day of success
182.5 pounds. This is the lowest weight reported to me by a scale since at least my first year in law school. This is a major milestone for me. In the morning walk along the lakefront to Whitefish Bay. Walk south through Riverwest on Humboldt Avenue. The trees hang over the sidewalk like huge canopies and keep me shaded the whole way to North Avenue. In the afternoon walk to Layton Boulevard. Along the way stop at a little festival called Frida Fest. See very many pretty latinas there. Walk home as the sun sets. Get back after dark. Walk over 75,000 steps. I succeed where I had failed only three days before.
Fargo
Go to Sam’s Club in the morning to buy soda and water. Go to Aquatics Unlimited to get some rocks. Do a water change on the fish tank. Place the rocks around the plants. Attempting to keep the fish from digging up the plants. Walk to the office. Work all afternoon. The weather is nice and its a perfectly fine Saturday night. I decide not to go for a walk in favor of giving my body another day of rest. I do not like taking a rest day. It is the first day in six weeks that I did not at least go over 20,000 steps on Fitbit or do Orange Theory. Watch “Fargo” (1996).
The Turin Horse
Walk to the office. Walk to the jail. Go inside for consultations. Go to Orange Theory. Decide to take a night off from walking. Stay in and watch “The Turin Horse” (2011).
Fall short of my goal
In the morning walk along the lakefront out to Capitol Drive. Walk west to Teutonia Avenue. Walk south past the Union Cemetery. I am amazed by the good condition of many of the older gravestones. Very sore and exhausted after this 5 hour walk. In the afternoon walk south to Holt Street. Walk east to South Shore Park. Head back downtown. Very sore and exhausted after this 4 hour walk. Unable to go for a night walk. Fall short of my goal to reach 75,000 steps. Only get 57,000.
