March 15, 2007...1:21 pm
Sister Sallie McHaggis
Today is Hawk’s first day at work since Friday. We’re a little bit back on schedule, with Zoe playing & watching her kid shows instead of repeats of various Star Wars films. Yesterday I took her to the grocery store & we’re walking through the parking lot & she says, “I am C-3PO and this is my counterpart R2D2.” Meaning me.
So we’re having lunch & Hawk is going through the mail. All of a sudden he chuckles & hands me an envelope. I’ve been summoned for jury duty.
I was summoned once in college but I wasn’t living at home then so I got excused. So I’ve never done this. I’m to report 5/30 & 5/31, a Wed/Th. Which means Hawk will have to take off work to kid-watch. I can’t take them with me b/c I have to drive to the high school and get bussed over to the courthouse, which is a ridiculous waste of money in my opinion. Plus I have to leave here around 8 a.m. to get there on time. Ugh.
I had to fill out a questionaire & return it. I had to say that Scooter is a cop & Hotshot is a lawyer and that our bastard landlord in Colorado sued us (although the suit didn’t see the light of day). I also had to say my level of education, Hawk’s and the younglings’, which would be “can sing Zoo Pals jingle and can close self in corner kitchen cabinet.”
So that’ll be fun.
Hawk said, “What if you get cloistered?”
I said, “You mean sequestered?”
Hawk said, “Yeah. That. Hey, I’m still sick.”
I said, “At least it was a word that I knew what you meant.” Then I sang “Dominque, Dominique.”
6 Comments
March 15, 2007 at 2:00 pm
In California you MIGHT be able to be excused if you have no means of child care - i.e., you have no one who can watch your kids unless they have to take off work. That’s about the ONLY excuse. We can only get it continued, but only two times. Then you have to go or appear before a judge and say why you can’t go for jury duty.
Have Fun! Meet new people. Take your knitting!
March 15, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Guffaw! Thanks for the singing nun reference. So, would this mean that you would wimple while you work or just kick the habit?
March 15, 2007 at 2:08 pm
I would collect lingerie for needy sexy people.
March 15, 2007 at 2:26 pm
I love jury duty. Yeah, it’s a lot of sitting around and “let’s get the show on the road already,” but, hey, I get caught up on my reading.
I’ve been called twice. Once I actually got picked and sat through the trial (only to have it bounced out after it was determined the prosecutor didn’t meet his burden of proof) and the second time I didn’t get picked.
In Erie, it’s “one day or one trial.” If you don’t get picked to sit on a jury on the first day, you’re done and don’t have to go back until you’re summoned again.
FYI…my mom got summoned for jury duty not too long ago. She took a book and her knitting with her to pass the time. But the Sheriffs who man the metal detector wouldn’t let her take her knitting needles. Apparently, a 60something woman with a half done baby sweater hanging off a couple of little knitting needles is quite the threat to court house personnel.
March 15, 2007 at 5:24 pm
I like it too. They chose me for a juror in 1989 for a drunk driving case and it was interesting. Here, they have a cool system where you call in at certain times until they either tell you to come in or that you’re done. I’ll probably get a notice soon cuz it’s been almost a year. Good luck!
March 15, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Yeesh, if that guy in Paula’s case was driving a BMW, he was pretty much screwed.
I was summoned for Jury duty on 12/13/06, which was unfortunate, because I didn’t get the letter until the 21st. Now I have to go in mid-June, after the semester is over.
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