A squadron of gulls

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Drive home. Eat lunch. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Drive back to the courthouse for late afternoon hearings. Drive home. Walk to the lakefront. Find a couple of geese and throw out bread to them. A squadron of gulls swoop in and eat most of the pieces. Walk back home.

Same geese from yesterday

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a few hearings. Drive to the House of Correction. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Eat lunch. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk down to the lakefront. Find the same geese from yesterday and throw out some bread to them. Two gulls swoop in and snatch a few crumbs from them as they squawk. Walk up to Brady Street. Walk back home.

Noshing on the grass

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for several hearings. Drive home. Eat lunch. Walk to the office. Work on several files. Walk home. Walk down to the lakefront. See geese noshing on the grass. Walk home.

South to Union Grove

In the morning drive to the Highway 20 off ramp of I-794. Walk west to Colony Avenue. Walk south to Union Grove. It is fairly quiet and sparse out here. Walk east back to my car. Hike about seven and a half hours. Drive home.

The food wasn’t prepared very well

In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive to Moorland Road in New Berlin. Walk around out there. Stop at the Arby’s. The food wasn’t prepared very well. Walk back to my car. Drive home.

A pair of geese

In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Client does a lot of yelling. Drive home. Lay on the couch and scroll for memes for every minute the client was yelling. In the afternoon drive back to the courthouse. Go in for a plea and sentencing hearing. Client gets a very favorable sentence. He is satisfied. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk down to the lakefront. Find a pair of geese minding their own business. Throw out bread to them. They gobble it all up. Walk to Northpoint. Stop at Ian’s for two slices of pizza. Walk home.

Hard to see on the road to a haircut

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for several hearings. Drive home. It is raining heavily. Drive to get a haircut. It is hard to see on the road. Drive home. Clean the house. The rain lets up a little. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home.

Night of the Comet

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Everything hurts this morning. The debt to my body for all the hiking I have done the past several days has come due. Go in for a hearing. Drive home. Walk to the office. Struggle to put one foot in front of the other. Work for a while. Walk back home. Drive out to the House of Correction. Go in for consultations. Drive to Sam’s Club. Buy crates of Diet Coke and Ice Mountain water. Drive to Farm and Fleet. Buy bird seed. Drive home. Lay on the couch in agony. Watch “Night of the Comet” (1984).

Frog hopping in winter

In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Drive to Dousman. Get out and walk west on the Glacial Drumlin trail. See a frog hopping along the trial. It is still winter. No matter, it is 70 degrees out here. Turn around after a couple of hours and walk east on Highway 18. Walk back to my car. Drive to Oconomowoc. Walk around briefly. Stop at Marty’s for a pizza. Drive home.

Past the Racine Correctional Institution

In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Eat lunch. Drive to the Highway 20 off ramp from I-94. Walk east past the Racine Correctional Institution. Walk south to Durand Avenue. Walk west back to the car. Drive home after sunset.