Don't Worry, Be Happy
In the morning walk to the office. It is snowing. It is cold. It is the return of winter. Work all day preparing cases for trial on Monday. Walk to the U.S. Bank Tower. Eat a cheeseburger and French Fries from the Northpoint Grill. Walk back to the office. Listen to Marquette win in the opening round of NCAA March Madness. Work on sending out bills and preparing other cases for next week. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for five different hearings. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk north on Prospect Avenue. It gets sunnier out the further I go. Walk north on Downer Avenue. Turn around and walk back home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Drive home. Eat lunch. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Drive back to the courthouse for late afternoon hearings. Drive home. Walk to the lakefront. Find a couple of geese and throw out bread to them. A squadron of gulls swoop in and eat most of the pieces. Walk back home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for a few hearings. Drive to the House of Correction. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Eat lunch. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk down to the lakefront. Find the same geese from yesterday and throw out some bread to them. Two gulls swoop in and snatch a few crumbs from them as they squawk. Walk up to Brady Street. Walk back home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for several hearings. Drive home. Eat lunch. Walk to the office. Work on several files. Walk home. Walk down to the lakefront. See geese noshing on the grass. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the Highway 20 off ramp of I-794. Walk west to Colony Avenue. Walk south to Union Grove. It is fairly quiet and sparse out here. Walk east back to my car. Hike about seven and a half hours. Drive home.
In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive to Moorland Road in New Berlin. Walk around out there. Stop at the Arby’s. The food wasn’t prepared very well. Walk back to my car. Drive home.
In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Client does a lot of yelling. Drive home. Lay on the couch and scroll for memes for every minute the client was yelling. In the afternoon drive back to the courthouse. Go in for a plea and sentencing hearing. Client gets a very favorable sentence. He is satisfied. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk down to the lakefront. Find a pair of geese minding their own business. Throw out bread to them. They gobble it all up. Walk to Northpoint. Stop at Ian’s for two slices of pizza. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for several hearings. Drive home. It is raining heavily. Drive to get a haircut. It is hard to see on the road. Drive home. Clean the house. The rain lets up a little. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home.
In the morning drive to the courthouse. Everything hurts this morning. The debt to my body for all the hiking I have done the past several days has come due. Go in for a hearing. Drive home. Walk to the office. Struggle to put one foot in front of the other. Work for a while. Walk back home. Drive out to the House of Correction. Go in for consultations. Drive to Sam’s Club. Buy crates of Diet Coke and Ice Mountain water. Drive to Farm and Fleet. Buy bird seed. Drive home. Lay on the couch in agony. Watch “Night of the Comet” (1984).
