Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a plea and sentencing hearing. Drive home. In the afternoon walk up Prospect Avenue to Lake Park. Walk north to Capitol Drive. Stop at Culver’s for a cheeseburger. Walk home down the Oak Leaf trail. See a bright orange full moon rising in the sky.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a quick hearing. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Drive to Green Bay. Walk around Lambeau Field. Walk south. Walk east. Walk back to my car. Walk back to Lambeau Field. See hundreds of drunk people. See one guy throwing up in the parking lot. Go into the game and watch the Detroit Lions beat the Packers. Drive home.
In the morning drive back to the courthouse. The jury trial that was supposed to start on Monday morning now gets adjourned to another day. Drive home. Take a nap. At night watch “The Steel Helmet” (1951).
In the morning drive back to the courthouse. Get into picking a jury. Half the panel says they will be biased against the client. That jury panel is thrown out. Another whole day wasted. Drive home. Walk north along Prospect Avenue to North Avenue. Walk along the river back downtown while listening to the debut album of the band “Nonbinary Girlfriend”. It puts me in a good mood.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for jury trial. Waste the whole day doing something close to nothing. Don’t even start picking a jury. Drive home. At night walk up Prospect Avenue to North Avenue. Walk back home.
In the morning drive out to Hartland. Get out and walk north to Rybeck Road. Walk past the Woodfield Village subdivision. Walk west on Beaver Lake Road out to Stone Bank. Walk south across Highway 16. Listen to the Green Bay Packers comeback win over the NewOrleans Saints. Walk back to my car. Drive home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work some more on preparing a case for jury trial on Monday. Walk home. In the afternoon walk along the lakefront out to UW-Milwaukee. Walk back home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Drive home. Eat lunch. In the afternoon drive back to the courthouse. Have a phone consultation with a client locked up north in prison. Go to other courts for more hearings. Drive to Mayfair Mall. Walk around for a while. Get in a long line at the Apple Store. Buy a brand new iPhone 15 Pro. Drive home happy about this.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on getting a case ready for trial next week. Walk home. In the afternoon drive to Watertown Plank Road. Walk around. Drive to Capitol Drive. Walk around. Drive further north into Menomonee Falls. Get out and walk around some more. Wind up walking down a long, silent road to nowhere.
In the morning walk to the office. Work on several files. Do a consultation with a client over Zoom. Walk home. Eat lunch. In the afternoon drive to the courthouse. Do a telephone consultation with a client away up north in prison. Go in for a quick hearing. Drive home. Walk north up Prospect Avenue to North Avenue. It is a pleasant afternoon. Walk home.
