First Day of Jury Duty

Well my Jury Duty starts today. I am now officially in the Jury Pool. From the sounds of things they might be busy enough that I'll get assigned to a case quickly. There are 2 cases already open for 1st-week jurors, but they haven't called any names for seating yet.

It's the nature of the first day of something new for at least one snag to happen. I had Lisa drive me downtown to avoid a potential prolonged-search for the county parking garages, and then I forgot to grab my lunch as I got out of the car.

You know what? If this is the worst thing to happen today I'll call it a success.

I'm not sure how long my laptop will last me today. I don't see any outlets to plug into down here. There's a "quiet room" upstairs on the 5th floor, so I might explore up there at some point. Right now I'm seated at a table with a woman whose name I don't know seated across from me working on her laptop, and an unfinished puzzle next to me. Thrilling. I've got two books with me, my laptop... let's hope it's enough to last me through the day, assuming I'm not called.

A lot of people here are complaining. They don't want to be here, they don't want the inconvenience. Maybe it is a pain in the ass, but I appreciate that the Jury Commission is doing what it can to ease us through this, and it is an honor to serve the government in exchange for the right to vote. I've always said that if a requirement to be able to have any kind of voice in my government is that I must answer if called to serve, then I'll answer when called. Whether that is through a draft or for Jury Duty.

Here we go folks. Cross your fingers; maybe at the end of these two weeks I'll have some more proposals/stories ready to submit!

Of course, that requires me to be able to keep my laptop charged...

End of Demented Rambling.