Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and geese. Drive to the office. Unload a large pile of discovery from my car. Work all day at the office. Get an internet hookup. The hotspot was not reliable. No choice. Stay at work until it is dark out. Walk home. Talk on the phone with my dad.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and geese. Drive to the courthouse. Go in for a couple of court hearings. In the afternoon work at the office. Walk back down to the lagoon. Try to fool the geese by walking there in a different direction and approaching from a different angle. They are not fooled. The run after me to get their food.
In the morning drive to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. A squirrel comes right up to me. I place a peanut out for it. The squirrel grabs it and runs off. Drive to the courthouse. Go in for a preliminary hearing. My client is in quarantine. Case adjourned. Drive out to the House of Correction. Go in to see another client. He is in quarantine too! Drive to Culver’s. Order a cheeseburger and fries at the drive through. Drive home. On my way speed around a slow semi-truck at the on ramp coming off Ryan Road onto I-94. Suddenly get very tired after eating lunch. Take a short nap. Walk down to the lagoon again. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. A blister on my left big toe hurts real bad. Go to Orange Theory.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese . A whole flock of geese descends on the lagoon like an airport landing strip. Very graceful. Drive to Racine. Try to see a client in the jail. He is in quarantine. Drive back to Mendard’s. Do a Zoom court hearing while sitting in my car. Buy a nice little evergreen decoration. Take it home. Put it on the deck next to the bird feeders. Still no birds have shown up. Drive to the Criminal Justice Facility. Do one live hearing and one Zoom hearing. Drive back home. Walk down to the lagoon. Put out more seed for the ducks and the geese. Turn on the lights around the little evergreen tree on the deck. Very pretty. Drive to Riverwest. Go to Tai Chi class. Super boring again. Drive home. Lay on the couch until I fall asleep.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. The squirrels are all happy to see me. One squirrel comes right up to me to look at me as I put peanuts on the Bodhi tree. Drive to the courthouse. Go in for a live hearing in a courtroom. Walk to the second floor and sit on a chair to do a couple of hearings over my cell phone. Go over to the State Office Building. Pick up a huge stack of legal papers for a new case. The compact discs spill all over the sidewalk from one of the envelopes. Drive home. Do another hearing over Zoom from my couch. It was supposed to be a live hearing. It is called off. The client is under quarantine at the House of Correction. The judge on the case is also in quarantine. What a fucked up year this is. My right foot is in pain. Really hurts today. Lay on the couch and try a variety of stretches to help ease the agony. At night go to Orangetheory.
Wake up to a rainy and gray morning. Drive to Menard’s. Buy a bird feeder for my deck. I hope that a nice group of birds is able to find it. The feeder sits five floors up from the street. I decide that I will have to find clever ways to attract some birds to the deck. Poke around the internet for ideas. Walk down to the lagoon four times to feed the ducks and the geese. Listen to NFL games all day. Enjoy the Green Bay Packers victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
In the morning walk down to the lakefront. It is sunny and quiet. The sunrays are bouncing off the lake. Walk to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Walk home. Walk up to the office. Organize my files for next week. Pack up and walk back home. It is rainy. Work around the house. At night watch the Wisconsin Badgers demolish the Michigan Wolverines in College Football.
In the morning walk to the office. Get very little done. Drive to Farm and Fleet. Buy some more duck pellets and cracked corn. Get a new pair of winter gloves. Drive home. Do a Zoom court hearing on the couch. Ride my bike west on the Hank Aaron trail. It is a cold ride. Ride back downtown along Lincoln Avenue. At night walk out to the lagoon. It is dark. I can see the geese sitting out on the water. They are very quiet. I put out piles of seed for them. One by one they quietly come ashore to eat. I walk among them putting out more piles as they eat. They are quiet. No fighting. They don’t mind me coming right up to them. It is all so very peaceful.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. Drive to the jail. Go in for consultations. Drive home. Eat lunch. Walk up to the office. Scan documents a client gave me. Walk back to the jail. Along the way stop to admire historic City Hall. Return the original copies to the client. Walk back home. At night walk back down to the lagoon. Put out more seed for the ducks and geese. The crowds of geese are bigger. Walk up to Northpoint. Stop at Ian’s for a slice of pizza and a bread stick. Their marinara sauce isn’t good at all.
In the morning drive down to the lagoon. Put out seed for the ducks and the geese. It is back down to the six geese and the straggler friend, It appears the hazing period is over for the seventh goose. They don’t chase him away anymore. Drive back home. Do a couple of court hearings over Zoom while sitting on my couch. Drive to the House of Correction. Stop in for a consultation. Stop at Farm and Fleet to pick up more pellets and cracked corn and sunflower seeds. Drive back home. Walk down to the lagoon twice in a row to put out seed for the ducks and the geese. It is nice and sunny but not as warm. At night go to Orangetheory. Run on the treadmill without stopping. My foot still hurts but not as bad.
