Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. In the afternoon drive to the courthouse. Go in for a sentencing hearing. The client is hammered real bad. Drive home. Try to walk but don’t get very far. See the art students going in and out of the art school as they dream about color and beauty.
In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for contentious consultations. Drive home. Lay on the couch and watch “Midnight Cowboy” (1969). In the afternoon drive back to the courthouse for a preliminary hearing. Drive home. Walk south to Walker’s Point. See the mother goose sitting on the flower pot off the canal bridge. Throw out bread to her. She doesn’t sqauwk at me anymore. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse for jury trial. Case gets adjourned. Go to other courts for hearings. Walk home. Struggle greatly to get around. Drained from all the hiking. Take the Hop and ride to the office. Go in and work for a while. Ride home. Lay on the couch and give up trying to do anything else for the rest of the day.
In the morning drive to Waukesha. Walk down to the high school and around a subdivision. Drive south to Mukwonago. Walk north to Highway X. Walk west. Walk south on Highway EE. Make it back to my car. Drive home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on many files. Walk home. Ride my bike to 60th Street. Walk around West Allis. Walk out to 84th Street. Walk back to my bike along the Hank Aaron trial. Ride home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on several files. Walk home. Walk south to Walker’s Point again. Walk to 16th Street. Go to the Comales for tacos again. There is a violent gangster movie on the television this time. There is a shootout at a quincenera. Total death and devastation. Everyone at the restaurant continues to calmly eat and chat like usual. Walk home in a slight drizzle.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Drive home. Watch “Doctor Who”. Drive back to the courthouse in the afternoon. Go in for more hearings. Drive home. Walk to 16th Street. Walk down to the Comales. Eat tacos while watching a telenovela. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Drive to the Children’s Courthouse. Go in to the detention area. Do a consultation. Drive to the House of Correction. Go in for another consultation. Drive home. Feel exhausted. Drag myself to the nearest Hop station. Get on board and ride it to my office. Go in and work for a while. Walk home. Get a burst of energy. Walk south to Walker’s Point again. Walk west on Canal Street. Walk up to Marquette University. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work on drafting reply brief. It is raining and hailing outside. File it. Walk home. The sunshine comes out. Walk to the Walker’s Point. Walk over to the 6th Street bridge. Walk west to Marquette. Turn around and walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Walk over to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive to the House of Correction. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk south to Freshwater Way. Walk past the Rite-Hite corporate headquarters. Rite–Hite manufactures loading dock equipment, industrial doors and other in-plant products. Keep walking west to 13th Street. Walk back home.
