In the afternoon walk to the office. Walk to Juneau Park. Feel terrific. Walk up Prpspect Avenue. Walk up Black Cat Alley. Walk west on North Avenue to Martin Luther King Drive. Walk back downtown. Stop at Best Fish. Buy some worms for the fish’s dinner. Buy a Blue Hook Silver Dollar fish. Name it “Moon Beam”. This fish makes itself at home. Digs in when the worms are dropped in the tank. At night walk up to 16th Street. Walk down Cesar Chavez Drive. Walk to Greenfield Avenue. Feet start to hurt. Walk home.
Psychotropic medications are ineffective
Walk to the Hyatt Regency. Attend the State Public Defender Conference. Listen to speakers discuss mindfulness practice for lawyers and the ineffectiveness of long term use of psychotropic medications for the mentally ill. Walk to the southside to pick up a file from a law office on a new case. Go to Orange Theory.
Various speakers
Cold day. Walk to the Hyatt Regency. Sign up for the State Public Defender Conference. Listen to varous speakers discuss trauma, racism, Supreme Court decisions and tactics for sentencing arguments.
Another snowstorm
Go to the office. Work all day. Go to the U.S. Bank Tower for lunch. Go to Orange Theory. Another snowstorm hits the city.
Bright sunshine
In the morning go to the Safety Building for a couple of hearings. In the afternoon walk along the lakefront to Northpoint. Bright sunshne. Walk up North Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Walk to Best Fish. Get the fish some worms for dinner. Walk home. At night drive to Sam’s Club to buy soda and other supplies. In a very good mood all day.
Fix the filter issue
Go to the Safety Building in the morning for a status hearing. Go over the skywalk to the courthouse for another status hearing. Go home and fix the filter issue. The tank is very stirred up and the fish are out of sorts. The past two days have disrupted their routines. Go back to court in the afternoon for another status hearing. Go home and clean up the house. My mood is tremendously improved from where it was yesterday. Go to Orange Theory.
Not a nice day
Not a nice day. Work on cleaning the filter on the fish tank. The filter won’t pump when I reinstall it. Frustrated all day over the filter. In the afternoon walk to the southside. Stop by Lorena’s house. She doesn’t answer my texts. The men outside are working on a truck. They don’t speak much English. Walk to the former tent city under the freeway. The is nothing left there but garbage and bad smell. Walk home. Continue to try and fix the filter while watching the Packers get upset by the Los Angeles Chargers. Go to bed frustrated and a little depressed too.
Next year is 2020
Walk along the lakefront to Capitol Drive. Walk to Office Depot to get a date planner for next year. Next year is 2020. Walk back downtown.
She is so fine
Go to the court in the morning for several hearings. Lay around the couch in the afternoon. Exhausted from the week. Go to Orange Theory. There is a woman who goes to many of my classes that I have a huge crush on. I can see her working out on the floor from my treadmill. Holy fuck. She is so fine.
Hallowinter
Snowstorm on Halloween. Go to the Safety Building in the morning for a sentencing hearing. Drive to Racine in a snowstorm. Go to court for a plea hearing. Wait in the lobby with the client for court to get called. Drive home as the snowstorm tapers off. I can never in my life remember a snowstorm on Halloween.
