Patrick is Here

In the morning walk to the lakefront while listening to Musica Antiqua on WORT-FM. Walk home. Do a major clean of the fish tank. Do a water change. Clean out the filter. Put new carbon and Purigen in the filter. Vacuum the substrate. Pull out rocks and clean under there. Trim the plants back so the fishes have more room to swim. Later ride bike down the Hank Aaron trail out to 116th Street. Ride bike to Aquatics Unlimited. Get a new light for the tank. Ride home. Install the new light. The fishes seem much more relaxed and at ease. They really needed that clean out. Walk to the lakefront. Go to the Bodhi tree. Start putting seed out and the little duck family climbs up the tree to where I am putting out the seed. They are totally comfortable walking right up to me. Put down piles and seed and they gobble it up as fast as I put it down.

In the morning go to Orangetheory. Walk to the lakefront. Put out seed for the ducks. In the afternoon go to the jail for a consultation. Get home tired. End up falling asleep early.

In the morning do a bunch of court hearings on my cell phone. Walk to the office. Movie things into my temporary office. It is a terrible little space. At night ride my bike on the Hank Aaron trail out to 116th Street. Ride back down Lincoln Avenue. Stop at Danny Lynch’s for a hot dog. Ride by Lorena’s house. Talk to everyone over there.

In the morning do a bunch of court hearings over my cell phone. Later walk to the lakefront. See a ton of geese all over the place. Walk to the office. Work on preparing for the temporary move. At night walk to the lakefront again.

In the morning attend court hearings using my cell phone. Later go to the jail for a consultation. Go to the Safety Building in the afternoon. Win a motion to supress my client’s confession to the police. Go to Orange Theory. Walk to the lakefront while listening to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris make their speeches together for the first time as running mates for election to President and Vice President of the United States of America.

In the morning walk up to the office. Spend the day organizing the office for the temporary move. Throw out many useless items that are now obsolete. This includes the old copier and fax, an old computer, old keyboards, old cords of all kinds, old office supplies that were needed back when court filings were done in paper form, etc. Scan boxes of old files to free them up for other things I am saving for the move. I worked very hard today to get things ready for this move. Very happy with my effort. After work I decide to go for a walk. Walk north on Farwell Avenue on up to North Avenue. Stop at Ian’s and get a slice of pizza. Go to the water fountain across from the Northpoint Water Tower to eat the slice. Walk down to Bradford Beach. See some sexy girls in small bikinis. Walk south to the lagoon. There are several ducks under the Bodhi Tree. I walk over and put seed all around the tree. The ducks waddle into the lagoon and swim out a few feet and wait while I place the seed in little piles all around the tree. After that I walk away a few feet from the tree. The ducks then immediately swim back ashore and dive into eat. There are enough piles for everyone to have there very own pile to enjoy. Walk home as the sun sets. Extraordinary wonderful summer evening.

In the morning go to the Safety Building. Go to the 6th floor for jury trial. The courtroom is full of plastic shields over everything. The prosectution witness is a no show. Case dismissed. Go to the office. Work all afternoon boxing up things. I am going to move to another office suite in the building while my present office is being rehabilitated from the fire. Walk home. Clean the kitchen. Do a water change on the fish tank. Go to Orangetheory. Toughest workout since the reopening. Walk home very sore.

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In the morning walk to the lakefront while listening to Musica Antiqua on WORT-FM. Walk to the office to prepare for tomorrow’s jury trial. In the afternoon ride bike west on Hank Aaron Trail. Decide to take the southern route on the Oak Leaf trail. RIde south to Boerner Botanical Gardens. Ride east on Layton Avenue. RIde back home.

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In the morning go to Orangetheory. Struggle the whole time. My legs are sore. Later walk to the lakefront. Find the duck family under the Bodhi tree. They are not afraid of me anymore. They walk right up to me. Put down seed for them. Walk back down a couple more times. Put out more seed. Find the goose with a bad wing. He is off by himself again. Put out a huge pile of seed. He enjoys a very big supper!!

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In the morning attend a court hearing over my cell phone. Later in the afternoon do another hearing with my cell phone. Later ride my bike on the Hank Aaron trail out to 116th Street. Ride south to Lincoln Avenue. Ride east. Stop by Danny Lynch’s Bar. Stop to see the outdoor band performing. No masks or social distancing for this crowd. RIde down to 6th Street. Ride back home.

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