Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a couple of hearings. Go to the jail for consultations. In the afternoon drive back to the jail for another consultation. Drive to Lorena’s house. Play on the sidewalk with Xena. Most of the leaves from the leaf fight yesterday have been raked up. We have a grass fight instead. Later walk to the grocery store.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on several files. In the afternoon walk to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Walk home. Drive to Lorena’s house. Play with Xena on the sidewalk. A leaf fight breaks out. We throw leaves at each other. It make a huge mess. The leaves are all over the sidewalk. Its crazy. Drive home. Walk up Prospect Avenue to North Avenue. Stop at Ian’s for two slices of pizza. Walk home.
In the morning wake up stressed. Drive to the courthouse. Go in for jury trial. Case is dismissed. Why did I stress? Drive home. Walk down to the lakefront. Shocked to see that the Bodhi tree has been cut down. This glorious tree is now gone forever. Start to cry. Walk home. In the afternoon I am happy again. I see Xena! We pretend that I am a jet airplane. I put her on my shoulders and run up and down the sidewalk flying back and forth to China to pick up a koala bear. We have so much fun.
In the morning do a water change on the fish tank. In the afternoon drive to State Fair Park. Walk south to Grange Avenue. See Halloween decorations scattered along the way. Walk west to 108th Street. It starts to rain heavily. Stop in a restaurant for a Chinese buffet. The place is packed with people. Continue walking north to the Hank Aaron trail. The sun comes out. The sky is now totally blue. Walk back to my car. Drive home. The sky turns dark once again and it starts to rain. Listen to the Packers beat the Tampa Bay Buccanears.
Walk along Prospect Avenue. Stop at the Alano Club. Walk around. See the porch where those in recovery from addiction sit and watch the world go by. See the rooms where the meetings are held. See cool artwork about the prison of addiction. Walk to North Avenue. Get a couple slices of pizza. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Get slammed with all the hearings I have to do. Run out of time and end up having a sentencing hearing set over to the afternoon. After work walk up Prospect Avenue to North Avenue. Stop for a slice of pizza at Ian’s. Walk back home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go back and forth from hearings to the jail for consultations. In the afternoon walk back to the jail for another consultation. Nice sunny walk to the jail.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on several files. Walk home. Eat lunch. Walk back to the office. Work all afternoon on several more files. Do a court hearing over Zoom in the late afternoon. Walk home. Work all day long.
In the morning drive to the jail. It is raining. Go in for consultations. In the afternoon ride my bike out to 76th and Layton Avenue. The wind is against me the whole way. Walk south to Grange Avenue. Walk west to 108th Street. Walk by the Jeremiah Curtin boyhood residence. Jeremiah Curtin went on from this humble beginning to become a learned scholar who traveled the world and spoke many languages.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. They go by quickly. Drive home. Ride my bike west to 92nd and North Avenue. Walk north to Silver Spring Road. Walk west to 108th Street. Walk south to Mayfair Mall. Walk by the building that housed my first law office. It is now been converted into a fancy hotel. Walk back to my bike. Ride home.
