Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Later in the morning ride my bike out to Muskego. In the late afternoon ride my bike out to Good Hope Road. Ride up to 60th Street. Ride through Washington Heights. Ride through Miller Valley. Home of the High Life. Ride around downtown. Beautiful warm weather makes me happy. At night watch “The Longest Yard” (1974).
In the morning drive to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work on a few things. In the early afternoon, ride my bike out to Hales Corners. In the late afternoon ride my bike out to Good Hope Road. Wind my way back through the streets of the northside. Along the way run across a Black Lives Matter protest clogging up a street.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Drive home. Walk to the office. Draft several letters. Drive to the post office. Deliver the letters. Drive out to the House of Correction. Go in for consultations. Drive home. Take a short nap. Get recharged. In the afternoon walk to the office. Work all afternoon drafting an appeal brief. Walk to the post office to send out more mail. Walk home as the sun sets in the western sky.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Drive home. Walk to the office. Do court hearings over Zoom. In the afternoon ride my bike north on Lake Drive. Ride out to the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center. Walk the trails. Ride home. On the way get caught in a spot thunderstorm. Wait it out under a bridge with other bikers. Ride home in the sun again.
Drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Drive to the office. Work for a short while. Drive to buy Children’s Advil for Xena. Drive to Lorena’s house. Give Xena the medicine. She chews on it. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive back to Lorena’s house. Teach Xena how to play football. A few times she sits down on the sidewalk to meditate. This is very interesting. Drive home.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive to Sam’s Club to get soda and water. Drive home. Walk to the office. In the afternoon do a preliminary hearing in another county in the state over the Zoom app. Walk home. Watch “Seven Years in Tibet” (1997).
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. The crowd is growing larger every day. Drive to the office. Go in and do a couple of court hearings on Zoom. In the afternoon take a nap. Clean the house while watching the HBO limited series “Chernobyl” (2019). While reading up on the subject I realize that today is the 35th anniversary of the disaster. Total coincidence!
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Drive home. Ride my bike north on the Oak Leaf trail. Ride out to Mequon Road. Ride west then cut over to Donges Bay Road. Ride to Pilgrim Road. Cut over to County Line Road. Ride to Maple Road. Go south to the Bugline Trail. Ride through the Lannon quarry. Ride the Bugline Trail to the end out in the Village of Merton. Go Fireman’s Park. Sit on a bench. Ride all the way back home. Start to hurt. This was a very long bike ride. Lay on the couch. Watch “Henry Poole Is Here” (2008). Also watch a documentary on the life of Miles Davis.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Drive home. Do a little housework and do a water change on the fish tank. Tired most of the day. In the afternoon ride my bike north on the Oak Leaf trail. Ride back downtown by way of Teutonia Avenue. Along the way stop to watch a funeral procession go by. There is a girl twerking out the window of a car. Another guy is holding up a pile of money spread out like a fan. There are many young people hanging on top of cars and out the windows. Ride my bike home. At night watch “The Prestige” (2006).
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. It is a nice sunny morning. The geese are peaceful with each other for the most part. Drive to the office. Go in and finish work on motion brief. In the afternoon do a consultation over the phone with an incarcerated client. Ride my bike on the Hank Aaron trail. At night watch “Total Recall” (1990).
