Wow, what wonders a night of sleep can do! Passed out on the couch at 7pm and just woke up. Yesterday I was down at the courthouse from 8am and finally got assigned as a juror for a trial at 5pm. Very long day of waiting around, answering questions and enduring excruciatingly LONG voir dire process of jury selection. Getting that lesson in the legal system I wanted... lol... It's all about waiting and waiting as the tedious legal process moves along!
So today I have to report to court at 8:30 for the trial. It'll be all day today and will end when we finish deliberating the verdict. So we were told we could be there late into the night until we finish. Gonna be a loooooooong day. While this is an interesting experience, it just hit me that this is serious business... a person may or may not go to prison for a long time based upon our verdict. A little daunting. I hope the other jurors take it seriously as well... our decision will majorly impact another person's life!
Tomorrow I have a family gathering to go to. Looking a bit forward to it, and a little not. This will be the first gathering I'm going to since "finding my balance." My mom is going to return with me and spend a week with me and my doggies. She and I have a really good relationship, but sometimes being around family is draining. Love her to death, don't get me wrong. But am going from a long day today, to long travel day tomorrow, to week with mom, to classes starting back up... feels like I will be in "go go go" mode for a while... makes me a bit tired thinking about it, actually.
Anyhow, nothing major or interesting to report, really. Just sitting here drinking my coffee and typing before I head to the shower to begin my non-stop several days.
Hope you all have a great Friday... and hopefully a more relaxing few upcoming days than I'll have!
