Patrick is Here

In the morning ride my bike back to Hawley Road. Lock it up again at the Hawley Environmental School. Walk north to North Avenue. Walk east to 35th Street. Walk south to Wisconsin Avenue. Walk west back to my bike. Ride home. In the late afternoon ride my bike south to South Shore Marina. Walk south along Lake Michigan to the Cudahy border. Walk back to my bike. Ride it home as it starts to rain.

In the morning walk to the office. Work on a few files. Drive to Lorena’s house. Give Xena a makeup kit and a Winx Club coloring book with crayons. She says: “Oh, you didn’t have to do!”. She sounds like a grown-up. We race up and down the sidewalk. In the afternoon ride my bike west to Hawley Road. Lock it up at Hawley Environmental School. Walk north to Capitol Drive. Walk east to 43rd Street. Walk south to Wisconsin Avenue. Walk back to my bike while my legs hurt real bad.

In the morning walk to the office. Work on a few files. In the afternoon ride my bike out to Capitol Drive. Lock it up at Culver’s. Walk west on Capitol Drive out to 60th Street. Walk past Midtown Center. Walk south to North Avenue. Walk east to the Oak Leaf trail. Walk back to my bike. Struggle mightily towards the end. Ride my bike back home. At night watch “The World According to Garp” (1982).

In the morning watch the end of “The Last Days of Pompeii’ (1935). Drive to the Monroe County Courthouse. Go in for a sentencing hearing. Everyone calls my client a “monster”. I plead for ask for everyone to have hope for him anyway. Client is maxed out. Life in prison. Drive back to Milwaukee. Walk up Prospect Avenue. Walk out to Capitol Drive. Walk to Culver’s. Eat a cheeseburger and drink a strawberry malt. Walk back home on the Oak Leaf trail.

In the morning pack up for a trip back to Sparta. Drive to the Monroe County Jail. Go in for a consultation. Later walk around Sparta. No much has changed here the past three months. Feel lonely and depressed. Walk back to the hotel. Watch “Goodfellas” (1990).

In the morning walk to the office. Work on a few files. In the afternoon walk along the lakefront to Lake Park. Walk up the large outdoor staircase to Lake Park. Walk back home.

In the morning walk south on 6th Street past Lincoln Avenue. Walk east to 1st Street. Walk back home. In the afternoon walk south to Bay View. Walk to South Shore Park. Walk south to Cudahy. Walk back home. My knee is very sore. Almost hit 50,000 steps.

In the morning clean the kitchen real good. In the afternoon walk to the office. Work on a few things. Walk home. It rains off and on. Watch “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness” (2022).

In the morning walk to the office. Work on writing letters to clients. In the afternoon walk south to Bay View. Walk to the South Shore marina. Walk further south to Howard Avenue. Walk back north to Bay View. Stop at McDonald’s. Eat the food on a picnic bench in front of the library. Walk home in a good mood. It was nice and sunny all day.

In the morning walk to the office. Work on a few files. In the afternoon walk north on Martin Luther King Drive. Walk to Capitol Drive. Walk east to Lake Drive. Walk south through Lake Park. Walk down Farwell Avenue. Stop at Brady Street to watch the bike races. See a little girl on training wheels riding in last place.