Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. In the afternoon drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Walk over to the Safety Building. Go in for a plea and sentencing hearing. The judge goes way over the plea agreement. Drive home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. It is snowing. Go in for hearings. Drive home. Eat lunch. Drive back to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work some more. Walk home. It starts snowing again. Walk north to Locust Street. Along the way stop to toss out bread to some geese friends. Walk west to Humboldt Avenue. It snows harder and harder. It is slushy and nasty. Walk back home in the dark all wet and with very sore legs. Halloween Winter.
In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Walk over to the Safety Building. Go in for a hearing. Drive home. Eat lunch. Walk to the office. Put out bird seed across from my office building. One bird dives right in. It is not afraid of me at all. Not a bit. Work the rest of the afternoon. Walk home. My legs are both still very sore from yesterday’s long hike.
In the morning drive to a church parking lot on Five Mile Road. Walk for over seven hours across the Town of Raymond. See a chicken walking along the road as well. Get back to my car at sunset. Drive home in the dark.
In the morning walk to the office. Get files ready for next week. Walk home. In the afternoon walk to Red Arrow Park. Stop to watch the Rally for Gaza. See the people lining up to march the streets. They walk one way and I walk the other. Walk out to North Avenue. Turn around and walk home. At night go to Mo’s Steak house to celebrate my birthday with the family.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for several hearings. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work briefly. Walk home. Drive back to the courthouse. Go in for another hearing. Drive home. Tired. Recover after an hour or so. Walk north to Lake Park. Turn around and head back south. Stop at Sendick’s on Downer Avenue to buy deli food for dinner. Walk home. At night watch “Flashdance” (1983).
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Judge is out today. Case gets adjourned. Drive home. End up doing nothing much the rest of the day. Walk up Prospect Avenue to North Avenue. Walk back home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on several files. Walk home. In the afternoon drive to the courthouse. Go in for a couple of hearings. Walk over to MSDF. Go in for a consultation. Delayed over there for a while during the shift change. Guards coming in for work and guards leaving work. Those who are coming to work look resigned to their fate while those who are leaving look happy and contented. Drive back home.
In the morning drive to Sam’s Club. Buy a cart full of Diet Coke and Ice Mountain water. Drive to Farm & Fleet. Buy bags of bird seed. Drive south on I-94 to Highway 20. Walk west to Colony Avenue. It is all farms and houses out here. Walk north to Highway K. Walk east to the A&W. Get a cheeseburger and a root beer. Walk south back to my car. Along the way see lots of insects out enjoying this record setting warm day. It is over 80 degrees. Also see lots of birds dive bombing into the tall grass feasting on those insects. See the sun set. Drive home in the dark.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on several files. Walk to the U.S. Bank Tower. Eat lunch. Hoda & Jenna is on again. Today they are gossiping about the love lives of Meryl Streep and Bradley Cooper. It is during a segment they call “The Scoop”. They also do makeovers and talk about recipies for Halloween parties. Walk back to the office. Continue working the rest of the afternoon. Walk home. At night finish watching the last episode of “The Fall of the House of Usher” (2023).
