Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning walk down to the lakefront. Walk to the office. Pack up my files for a busy week ahead. In the afternoon walk south to Bay View. Walk to Lincoln Avenue. Walk west to Leon’s Custard stand. Get an ice cream cone. Walk north on 27th Street. Walk south on Wisconsin Avenue. Finish listening to an audiobook on the life of President Chester Arthur.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on several files. In the afternoon walk back to the office. Prep a case for trial on Monday. Walk home. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. At night watch “Brubaker” (1980).
In the morning drive to Racine. Go to the courthouse for a hearing. No mask requirement! Drive home. In the afternoon walk to the office. Work on setting up several new files that have come in. Walk home. Go to Orangetheory. The class is a rowdy one. My left knee is very sore afterwards. Walk to Cathedral Square. It is a nice summer evening.
In the morning go to the office. Do court hearings over Zoom. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. In the afternoon do more hearings over the Zoom app. Walk around the Third Ward. It was cloudy and cold all day. A sliver of light breaks out at sunset.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a bunch of hearings. Some on Zoom and some in live court. Xena calls my phone and leaves a voice message. “Bring me Play-Doh!”, she says. After court drive to Target. Buy some Play-Doh. Drive to Lorena’s house. Xena and I sit on the sidewalk and have fun with the Play-Doh. We make ourselves tacos and pizza and lemonade drinks. We also make circles and squares and triangles. We run up and down the sidewalk too. Drive back to the courthouse. Go in for more hearings. Drive home. At night go to Orangetheory. Walk home as it starts to rain.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on a few files. Make a phone call to a client away in prison. Ride my bike to Lorena’s house. Hang out with Xena. She is all worried about why I didn’t go over in my car. We have a great time. In the afternoon walk along the lakefront to Northpoint. Walk up to Farwell Avenue. Walk down to Brady Street. Walk back home.
Ride my bike southwest to the Town of Norway. Go to Heg Park. Learn about Hans Christian Heg. Born in Norway he came with his family to Wisconsin when he was 11 years old. He became an anti-slavery activist. He was elected commissioner of the state prison in Waupun. He served as a Colonel in the Civil War. He was killed in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863.
In the morning walk down to the lagoon. Throw out pieces of bread for the geese swimming in Lake Michigan. They gobble it all up. Walk back home. Do a water change on the fish tank. In the early afternoon walk around downtown. In the late afternoon drive to Heather’s house. Eat a hamburger off the grill and a dish of vanilla ice cream for desert. Sunrise to sunset it was a good day.
In the morning ride my bike to Brookfield. Ride to the intersection of Calhoun Road and North Avenue. Watch the Fourth of July parade. Ride my bike to McCoy Field. Stop to watch the Land o’ Lakes baseball game. See one of my coaches from Orangetheory. She gives me a hug. Ride my bike south to New Berlin. Stop at Malone Park. Walk around the carnival. Get a plate of ribs. Ride home. At night listen to the Milwaukee Bucks win game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Atlanta Hawks. Bucks win the series. Now its on to the NBA Finals.
In the morning walk to the office. Work for a short time. Drive to Dollar Tree. Buy an American flag and a little patriotic crown for Xena. Drive to Lorena’s house. Take out the little crown and tell Xena: “Look what I got for you to wear on the Fourth of July”. She says: “Can I wear it now though?”. I give it to her. She puts it on and proudly waves the American flag on the sidewalk. Xena is an All-American girl. In the late afternoon walk along the lakefront up to Northpoint. Walk west to Farwell Avenue. Walk down to Brady Street. Walk up Brady Street. Walk back home.
