Patrick is Here

In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Eat lunch. Walk back to the office. Work some more. Walk to the grocery store. Walk home. At night watch “Captain America: Brave New World” (2025).

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Drive home. Walk back to the courthouse to go in and pick up some discovery discs. Walk back to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk south to Bay View. Stop and look at e-bikes. Walk home.

In the morning drive to Brookfield Road and Capitol Drive. Walk into Sendik’s to get fancy donuts. Walk north into some subvisions. Walk east to 117th Street. Walk south to North Avenue. It starts out partly sunny. Then dark clouds begin to move in. Then it gently rains. Then it fucking pours on me. Get back to my car soaking wet. Drive home.

In the morning walk to the office. Work briefly. Walk home. Clean out the filter on the fish tank. Find another fish living in the filter. It is much bigger than the last one I found in there. Put it in the aquarium. Think about Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” (380-360 BC). In the afternoon walk down to the lakefront. Throw out bread, seed and peanuts to the usual group of animal friends. Walk home.

In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Eat lunch. Walk back to the office. Work a little more. Walk home. Walk south to National Avenue again. Walk down to the lakefront. Walk through the empty parking lots surrounding Summerfest. Walk home.

In the morning drive to the courthouse for a plea and sentencing. Client gets a much better result than I thought he would. Drive home. Eat lunch. In the afternoon drive back to the courthouse for more hearings. Drive home. Walk south to National Avenue. Walk back to Lake Michigan. Walk home.

In the morning walk to the office. Struggle to get anything done. Walk home. Take a several hour nap. Wake up. Move to the couch. Watch “The Equalizer 3” (2023). The Equalizer takes on the mafia in a little village in Sicily.

In the morning drive to the House of Correction. Go in for consultations. Drive to the downtown jail. Go in for more consultations. Drive home. Walk up to the municipal building to early vote. Do an interview for the local television news. Walk down to the lakefront. Find geese, ducks and squirrels. Throw out seeds and bread and peanuts. Walk home.

In the morning drive to the courthouse for jury trial. Case is adjourned. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk around downtown. People are drinking on a Monday afternoon because St. Patrick said so. Walk back home.

In the morning wake up to a snowstorm. There are high winds so the snow cuts into me. Drive to 84th and Wisconsin. Walk west to Highway 100. Walk north to North Avenue. Walk west to Lily Road. Walk north to Burleigh Road. Walk east along the river all the way back to my car. The sun breaks out and the end of the walk is pleasant.