Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Turned away. Client has Covid. Drive to Sam’s Club. Buy a bunch of stuff in bulk. Drive home. Walk to the office in the afternoon. Work on opening new files that came in this week. See a Bears hat sitting in a window sill. Must be from one of the workers doing construction here. Draw up a home-made Packers ‘G’ on yellow paper. Stick it on the hat to cover up the yucky Bears logo. What a hilarious prank!
In the morning walk to the office. Do some court hearings over Zoom. In the afternoon walk around downtown and put out peanuts for the squirrels. Also put out bird seed for the birds that live in the trees on Plankinton Avenue. At night go to Orangetheory. The coach uses positive reinforcement to push us. She tells us to “get out of your heads” and “you can do way more than your mind will tell you that you can.” She is great.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Hang out with Latia and her daughter. The daughter makes a Tik Tok video of herself dancing. Drive to McDonald’s. Get breakfast via the drive thru. Drive home. Eat the breakfast. Walk to the office. Work all afternoon. Walk around downtown. Put out peanuts for the squirrels. It is much warmer today. At night go to Orangetheory.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. It is brutally cold. Go in for a hearing. Drive out to the Children’s Courthouse. Go to detention to look for a young client. Not there. Drive home. In the afternoon walk to the office. Work on several files. Walk to the post office. Drop off the mail. It is not as brutally cold. At night walk north on Prospect Avenue to North Avenue. Go to Ian’s for two slices of pizza. Walk down Farwell Avenue then up Brady Street. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse for two jury trials. One is dismissed. One is adjourned. Drive to Lorena’s house. See Xena. Run around in the snow with her. Pull my hood over my face and chase her. I yell out, “I am the monster with no face!”. She is so happy to see me. She jumps up and down. It was awesome. In the afternoon walk to the office and finish work on a response brief. At night go to Orangetheory.
In the morning walk around downtown. Put out peanuts for the squirrels. In the afternoon walk along the lakefront out to Northpoint. Throw out bread to some hungry seagulls. Walk north to Capitol Drive. Listen to the last day of games in the NFL regular season. Walk back home along the Oak Leaf trail as the sun goes down.
In the morning walk around downtown. Put out peanuts for the squirrels. Put out bird seed for the birds that live in the trees on Plankinton Avenue. The swoop in immediately to eat. Walk home. Later walk up the Oak Leaf Trail to Locust Street. Walk back south down Maryland Avenue then onto Farwell Avenue. Walk back home.
In the morning drive to the office. Go in for a couple of Zoom hearings. Drive to the courthouse. Go in for a live hearing. Drive home. In the afternoon walk around downtown. Put out peanuts for the squirrels. The squirrel in Pere Marquette Park comes right down to grab a peanut. Not scared of me at all.
In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. In the afternoon walk to the office. Do a court hearing over Zoom. Walk around downtown. Put out seed for the birds and they jump on it right away. At night go to Orangetheory.
Cold today. In the morning walk to the office. Work all morning. In the afternoon drive to the jail. Go in for consultations. Drive home. At night go to Orangetheory. Run the entire tread block without stopping.
