Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk out to Lakeshore State Park. Walk across the island. Walk west to the Post Office. Send out a package to a client in prison. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for several hearings. Drive home. In the afternoon drive back to the courthouse for a plea and sentencing hearing. Client gets a sweet sentence for getting caught with a huge amount of drugs. Drive home. Walk to the grocery store. Walk home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work to catch up on things. Walk home. In the afternoon drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Drive home. There is a rainstorm swirling around the entire midwest and we are caught in it all day and all night.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. It is raining very hard. Go in for jury trial. It rains the rest of the day. The jury reaches a verdict. No matter the outcome, I did a fine job. Drive home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for jury trial. Feel the stress. Do a fine job anyway. Drive home. Walk south to Walker’s Point. Walk west on Canal Street. Walk home. At night watch “Heartbreak Ridge” (1986).
In the morning drive to Waukesha. Park in the Sendik’s parking lot. Walk east. Walk south. Walk west on the Glacial Drumlin trail. Walk back to my car. Buy two brats from a high school girl. Eat them in the car. Drive to Wauwatosa. Walk north on 84th Street. Walk east to 70th Street. Walk through two different construction zones. Walk back to my car. Drive home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Get ready for trial next week. Walk home. Walk south to Walker’s Point. Walk north through the Marquette campus. Walk to the old Pabst Brewery. Walk east by the Fiserv Forum. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for preliminary hearings. Walk over to the Secure Detention building. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk south to Walker’s Point. It is warm and sunny. Walk west. Find four geese on the sidewalk. Throw out bread to them. Walk north to Highland Avenue. Walk east. Storm clouds begin to appear. It starts to rain. Walk home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Eat lunch. Walk out to the Marquette campus. Turn north and walk to the jail. Go in for consultations. There is loud sreaming and yelling on the fifth floor. Do consultations. Walk to Ian’s pizza. Eat a slice. Walk by city hall. There are cops swarmed all over due to an alleged shooting somewhere but it turns out to a door slamming instead. Really. Walk home. It begins to thunder and lightning.
In the morning walk to the office. Draft trial outline for case next week. Walk home. Eat lunch. Walk back to the office. Work some more. Walk home. Walk to the lakefront. A swirling fog drifts in. Then it drifts out. Walk to Jing’s to pick up Chinese food. Walk home.
