Patrick is Here

In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for consultations. Drive to the Children’s Detention Center. Go in for a consultation with a juvenile client. Drive to the House of Correction. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a couple of hours more. Walk down to the lakefront. Walk around the lagoon. See squirrels, ducks, geese and a bunny rabbit. Walk home.

In the morning walk to the office. Work on a motion. Work on it all day. Finish the motion. Wak to the Third Street Market Hall. Get a cheeseburger and fries to go. Walk home. Watch “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962).

In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Drive to downtown Waukesha. Walk west to the Glacial Drumlin trail. Walk west to Highway 18. Walk to Sunset Drive. Walk east. Stop at the Fox River Sanctuary. See a couple of cranes and some geese too. Walk to a subdivision. Walk north back to my car. Drive home.

In the morning walk to the office. Wait around for a client to come in for an office appointment. She is a no show. No call either. Walk around the Third Ward in the afternoon.

In the morning drive north to Grafton. Walk north to Port Washington. Walk around the lakefront. Lake Michigan is blue and peaceful. Walk west to the Ozaukee Interurban trail. Walk back to the car. Drive home. My right knee is sore from the journey.

In the morning clean the fish tank. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. In the afternoon walk north along the lakefront to Bradford Beach. The sun escapes from the clouds for a few minutes. Walk west along North Avenue. Follow the river back downtown.

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. Get stuck behind two homicide sentencings. Sit through those proceedings. Finally get to my case. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Listen to Marquette beat the Vermont Catamounts in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for consultations. Drive home. Have lunch. Drive back to the courthouse. Go in for five hearings. Stay there all afternoon. Drive home. It rained all day.

In the morning walk to the office. Work all day. As lazy as I was yesterday, I was equally hardworking today. See a Red Bull car out my office window just parked across the street. After work walk to the post office to drop off the mail.

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a hearing. In the afternoon walk to the office. Don’t get much done. Unsatisfied with my poor effort. Later walk down to the lakefront.