In the morning go down to the lakefront to put out piles of seed for the ducks. They are waiting for me again. It is also raining again. Go to the courthouse. My client is waiting there for me. He says he is sick. Runs to the bathroom to throw up. Case adjourned. Go to the office. Work on trial prep for a case that is not going to trial next week, but you never know. In the afternoon go to court for a motion hearing. Testimony and argument to the judge. Just like the old days. Drive to Farm & Fleet. Get more bags of cracked corn, sunflower seeds and duck pellets. Go to Toppers. Pick up a pizza. Go home. Raining even harder now. Lay on the couch until I fall asleep.
They move in
In the morning do a court hearing on my cell phone. Go down to the lakefront. Put out piles of seed for the ducks. Drive out to the House of Correction. Do a consultation with a client. Later go back down to the lakefront. Put out more piles of seed for the ducks. They move in and devour all of it.
19-0
In the morning do a couple of hearings on my cell phone. Later go to the courthouse for real court. Do a court hearing with a mask on my face. In the afternoon go to the jail for a consultation with an angry client. Go home and watch the Brewers game on Youtube. They crush the Detroit Tigers 19-0. Sounds more like a football score. Go to Orangetheory. Go down to the lakefront to put seed out for the ducks. They are in even bigger numbers.
It is still raining
In the morning do a court hearing over my cell phone. Drive down to the lagoon. It is raining. Put out seed mix for the ducks. They swarm on the piles of seed. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Walk to the office. Use an umbrella. Work for a while. Almost fall asleep. Go home. Take a nap. Drive back down to the lagoon. It is still raining. Put out seed mix for the ducks. They swarm on the piles of seed. Drive down to Franklin. Go to the feed store. Pick up more cracked corn and suflower seeds and duck food pellets. Drive over to Toppers Pizza. Take it home. It isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Do a water change on the fish tank. It is still raining. Go to bed early.
Grafton
In the morning clean the rest of the house. Scrub the bathroom. Vacuum the floors. Polish the furniture. its nice to have a clean house. In the afternoon ride my bike out to Grafton. Stop at McDonalds. The manager chases me out of the outdoor eating area cause of Covid regulations. Ride back home as it gets sunnier out. Walk down to the lakefront to put out more seed mix for the duck. There are tons of them now. They swarm around the Bodhi tree to get the seed. There are some geese there too. One stops to look at me. His beak is covered in dust from the cracked corn. Looks like the goose was sniffing a line of cocaine.
Make everything shiny
In the morning clean the kitchen. Scrub the counters and the floor. Make everything shiny. Later ride my bike up the Hank Aaron trail out to Greenfield Golf Park. It is cold and gray. Not much going on out here. Ride down Lincoln Avenue. Ride back downtown.
Night time run
Ride my bike on the Oak Leaf trail then onto the Brown Deer trail. Ride up the Ozaukee Interurban trail to Pioneer Road. Turn around. Later drive to Heather’s house for a cookout. Hear an owl hooting off in the distance. Eat steak and crab legs. Make a night time run to the lagoon to put out the seed mix for the ducks around the Bodhi tree.
Absolutely crazy
In the morning do a couple of court hearings over my cell phone. Drive to Fleet and Farm and get some cracked corn and duck food pellets and a bucket. Drive down to the courthouse to meet a potential client’s girlfriend who is looking to hire me. Drive back home, Mix up the new feed with sunflower seeds and bag it up. Take it down to the Bodhi tree. The ducks go absolutely crazy. There must be 50 of them jumping over each other to get at the seed mix. In the late afternoon ride my bike up the Hank Aaron trail out to 116th Street. Go back to the Bodhi tree at night with more of the mix. Total chaos again. Ride to Stacked Burger Bar to get eggplant fries. They aren’t as good as normal. Have an extra spice to them that I don’t like.
Cross the county line
Horrible night of sleep. In pain all night long. Orangetheory strength day fucked up my shoulders and upper back. It hurt to lay down in bed. In the morning slowly recover. Do a few things around the house. In the afternoon ride my bike up the Oak Leaf Trail. Continue north up the Brown Deer Trail. Cross the county line. Ride into Ozaukee County. Turn east to the lake. Ride back downtown.
The bodhi tree is the place to be
In the morning ride my bike to the Bodhi tree. Put out seed for the ducks and some geese. Ride to the office. Pick up a file. Ride to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Eat lunch at a picnic table in front of the courthouse. Ride back to the Bodhi tree. Put more seed out for the ducks and some geese. Ride back to the office. Print out a bunch of police reports. Ride back to the jail. Go in for more consultations. Ride back to the Bodhi tree. Put more seed out for the ducks and some geese. Ride back home. Go to Orange Theory. Ride my bike up the Oak Leaf trail to Capitol Drive. Ride back down along the lake lakefront to the Bodhi tree. There are a ton of ducks waiting there for me. They dive in to the seed in big masses. The word is getting around about that the Bodhi tree is the place to be.
