Patrick is Here

In the morning drive down to the lagoon in my new car. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a short while. Drive out to Lorena’s house. Play with Xena on the sidewalk. She jumps up and down when she sees me. Drive home. Walk to accupuncture appointment. A couple of the needles hurt. One needle causes an electrical shock to run down my leg. Walk home. Get my bike. Walk it to Bay View. The back tire is flat. Drop it off for new tires and a tune up. Walk home. My arm is sore from the Coronavirus shot that I got a week ago. I read up on it. I read that it is a possible side effect and that I should not worry. So why worry?

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In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and geese. Drive home. Drive to the Safety Building. Go in for a court hearing. Drive home. Clean out the Mustang. Drive to the car wash and vacuum the car. Drive to the car dealership. This is my last day with the Mustang. Sign a lease on a new car. Mazda CX-30. Drive away in the new car. Stop at the Culver’s drive thru on the way home.

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In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Drive to the courthouse. Go in for jury trials. Everything is adjourned. Drive home. Take a nap. Do a late afternoon court hearing over Zoom. Watch “Flashpoint” (1984). It starts to snow outside.

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In the morning walk down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese that showed up. Walk home. Clean out the filter on the fish tank. In the afternoon walk south to Bay View. Walk west on Lincoln Avenue. Stop at Kosciusko Park. Take a picture of the statue of the General on horseback. Walk to 16th Street. Walk north to Wisconsin Avenue. Walk back home.

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In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work on several files to get ready for next week. In the afternoon walk north along the riverwalk. Walk out to Gordon Park. Walk east to the lakefront. Walk along the lakefront back home.

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In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks. Drive home. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Walk over to the Safety Building. Do a Zoom hearing while sitting on a bench on the sixth floor. Walk back to the jail. Go in for another consultation. Walk to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Drive home. Walk back down to the lagoon. Put out more seed for the ducks. My feet are so sore.

In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks. Drive home. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive out to the House of Correction. Go in for more consultations. Drive home. Become super tired. Take a nap. At night go to Orangetheory. I am informed that this is class number 250 for me. Take a picture with a brag board. Go home and watch “Primary” (1960).

In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks. Drive home. Drive to the jail. Go in for two consultations. Walk over to the Safety Building. Go in to court for a sentencing hearing. In the afternoon walk to the office. Work all afternoon while listening to classical music on the college radio station from Harvard University. Walk home. At night go to Orangetheory.

In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks. They are waiting for me again. The routine is re-established. Drive home. Drive to the jail. Go in for a couple of consultations. Drive to the Kosciuszko Community Center to get the COVID vaccine shot. It is painless and simple. Sit in a gymnasium for fifteen minutes afterwards per CDC recommendations. Drive back home. Walk to the office. Work for a couple of hours. Walk down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and geese that are out there. Walk up to Brady Street. Stop at Emperor of China to pick up food. Walk home.

In the morning drive down to the lagoon. The ducks are all out here waiting for me. They continued to have faith even though I had not been able to do this at sunrise for a week due to my car problems. Drive back home. Drive to the courthouse. Go in for court hearings. Do a motion hearing for most of the morning. Drive home. In the afternoon walk to the southside. Stop by Lorena’s house. Xena is there. She was waiting for me. When she sees me her face lights up. She runs to give me a hug. She is such a sweet little girl. Hang out for a while. Give her another hug when I leave. Walk back home. Work around the house. At night go to Orangetheory. Run a mile on the treadmill.

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