Jury Duty

Okay so I did my Civic Duty and went to Jury Duty. This was the first time that I have ever been called and luckily I will get 15 years off thanks to Lilly!

To start off traffic was horrible on Friday, plus when you add the rain it made matters worse! I had planned on just paying to park because the thought of having to ride the stinky bus made my teeth cringe! So I took $10 thinking surly that would cover it.... boy was I wrong. They wanted $12 and that only secured you for 3 hours.... and they wonder why our economy is so messed up! So I sucked it up and rode became a big girl and rode the stinky bus :( I stood in line to get into the court house where we had to go through security. When my turn came I put my purse and shoes on the belt to go through.... apparently something in my purse was showing DANGER! LOL! So I had to go to this room behind so they could search my purse (which let me mention only had like 6 items in it and is VERY small) and 2 D batteries were the cause of my dangerous purse... lol! I made my way into the Jury room where it was completely full so I was in the overflow room at the very back where I couldn't see a thing. The room was called to order and I raised my right hand :) that was pretty cool! She went on to explain that there would be no court hearings that day, that everyone would be called back either Tuesday or Wednesday..... UGGGGGGGHHHHHHH could I really stand to ride that dirty bus again.... So then she went on to list the Exemptions, :) Because of the Labor Day holiday my Dr. office would be closed on Monday which made my week crazy so I had to schedule for Wednesday (that's another story) So I was extremely excited that I did have a reason to be exempt!!!! YEA! So I waddle my happy but up to the front where there is this extremely long line that wrapped the room. While I was at the very end of the line, next to me was this lady that was at the very front of the line... GOD BLESS HER! She looked at me and offered a place in front of here in line! At first I said NO that I would feel really bad... then like 10 people in line behind her insisted as well... I could not believe it. This line seriously would have taken about 2 hours to go through and this sweet sweet lady just saved my swollen feet a whole lot of pain :) So I get to the lady to explain my reason and she RESCHEDULES me for Dec. 7Th.... Looks like I will for sure be exempt then!!!!

So all in all my Jury Duty experience was quite nice! I was in and out in about an hour and half. Then I got to go home and shop with my mother!