Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning walk to the office. Scan some files. Walk home. Drive to downtown Waukesha. Walk along the Fox River. Walk up to the hospital. Walk back along the river. Drive to Heather’s house. Eat a delicious steak dinner. Walk some more around a subdivision after dark. Drive home. Watch the Packers crush the Vikings.
In the morning wake up dizzy with a headache. The headache lasts all day. Walk to the office. Work briefly. Walk home. Lay on the couch the rest of the day and watch back to back episodes of the 1980’s revival series of “The Twilight Zone”.
In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Eat lunch. Drive to Lorena’s house. Today Xena tries to flip and catch plastic food on her plastic frying pan. She also puts an Aldi shopping bag over her head and spins around and around. Drive home. Walk back to the office. Work some more. Walk home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on several files. Walk home. Drive to Brookfield Square again. Walk north on Pilgrim Road. Walk to Capitol Drive. Walk west to Calhoun Road. It is raining on and off. Walk back to Bluemound Road. Walk back to my car. Drive home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. In the afternoon drive to Brookfield Square. Walk north on Pilgrim Road to Burleigh Road. Walk west to Calhoun Road. Walk south to Bluemound Road. Walk back to the car. Drive home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work the rest of the morning. Walk home. Take a nap. Wake up. Drive to Lorena’s house. Play in the backyard with the toys that I got Xena for Christmas. We pretend to work on a construction site with the tool kit. At some point Xena turns around with a maniacal look on her face and says: “It’s killing time!!”. She proceeds to cut me up with the chainsaw. Good times.
In the morning drive to Bluemound Road in Brookfield. Park near Calhoun Road. Walk east to 124th Street. Walk through a subdivision. See a girl proudly riding the new scooter she got as a present this Christmas morning. Walk north to Burleigh Street. Walk east back to Calhoun Road. Walk south to my car. It starts raining. Drive home. At night watch the Doctor Who Christmas special.
In the morning drive to Lorena’s house. Drop off Christmas presents for her and for Xena. Drive to the Watertown Plank Road park and ride. Walk east through Wauwatosa. Walk south on 68th Street to the Hank Aaron trail. Walk east to Hawley Road. Walk west to Highway 100. Walk north back to my car. Listen to the Packers hang on to win over the Carolina Panthers 33-30.
In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Drive to Sam’s Club. Go in and buy Diet Coke and Ice Mountain water and toys for Xena. Drive home. Eat lunch. In the afternoon walk west on St. Paul Avenue. Walk north through the Marquette Campus. Walk to Highland Boulevard. Walk back downtown. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Drive to Target. Go in to buy Christmas presents. Drive to Lorena’s house. Today Xena wants me hide things around the yard and make her go and find them, like a Treasure Hunt. We have fun. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work briefly. Walk north to the Marquette Campus. Walk north to Highland Boulevard. It starts to rain. Walk downtown. Walk back home.
