Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning walk down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the six geese. Walk home. In the afternoon ride my bike out to Highway 100. Listen to the Packers beat up on the Houston Texans. Go to Home Depot. Get a bag of corn on the cob treats for the squirrels. Ride back home. Ride down to the lakefront and put out more seed for the ducks and put a corn cob on the Bodhi tree.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks. The six geese are not there again. Drive home. Take a shower. Go to Orangetheory. Walk home. Take another shower. Walk back down to the lagoon. Put out more seed for the ducks. The six geese are back now. Drive to Waukesha. Stop at Sam’s Club. Get soda and water and paper plates. Drive to Heather’s house. Celebrate my birthday early. The cake has my name on it.
In the morning drive to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks. The six geese are not around. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Walk over to the Criminal Justice Facility for some prelminary hearings. Walk over to the courthouse. Get a case dismissed. Drive out to the House of Correction. Go in for a couple more consultations. Drive home. At sunset walk to the lagoon. Put out more seed for the ducks.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the six geese. Drive back home. Do a couple of court hearings on my cell phone using the Zoom app. Become tired. Take a long nap. In the late afternoon walk to the office to work on a few things. Go to bed early.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon to feed the ducks and the six geese. Drive out to the House of Correction. Go in for a couple of consultations. In the afternoon walk back down to the lagoon. Feed a bunch of different geese that happen to be down there. The ducks are there too. Listen to Barack Obama making a campaign speech in Philadelphia. Walk home. At night go to Orangetheory.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Feed the ducks and the six geese. That seventh goose is not out there. Drive to the Safety Building. Go in for a couple of hearings. Walk over to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Walk up to the office. Work all afternoon. On the way home after work stop at the Zeidler Municipal Building. Go in and vote for Joe Biden. Walk home. At night walk to Locust Street to attend Tai Chi class. Walk home in the rain while listening to the World Series.
In the morning drive to the lagoon. Put seed out for the six geese and the ducks. The seventh goose is not there. Drive to the Safety Building for jury trial. Case is dismissed. Go to the jail for a couple of consultations. Walk up Wells Street. Go to Real Chili. Order a chili dog and chips. Take it back to the courthouse. Eat it in the courthouse cafe. Go to the jail for more consultations. Go home and take a short nap. Go to Orangetheory. Go back home and put ice on my knees. My achilles tendon hurts all night long.
In the morning walk down to the lagoon. It is raining. Softly at first but then much harder as I get closer to home. The ducks are there but none of the geese are. More for the ducks to share! Drive out to 124th and North Avenue. Go to Kohl’s. Get a couple of suits and shirts and ties that are on sale. Later after the rain clears walk along the lakefront all the way to Capitol Drive. See the same spooky lady from last year sitting in somebody’s yard. She is on a swing in front of a cross and a skull. Listen to the Packers get blown out by the Tampa Bay Buccanears. Walk to Culver’s. Get a dish of ice cream. Enjoy my ice cream in the sun. Walk home as the sun sets. Lay on the couch and watch Sunday Night Football.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the six geese and the ducks. The seventh one is there. He eats from a separate pile of seed away from the others. Go to Orangetheory. In the afternoon walk down to the lagoon again. Walk to the office. Pack up files for next week. Go home and watch TV.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the six geese. The seventh one is back today. The others don’t chase him away. They let him eat from one of the piles off to the side. Drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Stop at the jail for a couple of consultations. Drive out to the House of Correction. Go in for a couple more consultations. Drive back to the Safety Building. Go in for a late afternoon hearing. Walk back down to the lagoon. There is one goose there. He eats from a pile. Then the ducks begin to swarm over and he is soon greatly outnumbered.
