Well, my lucky earrings didn't help with jury duty. Neither did claiming hardship because of my daughter's upcoming wedding. I still don't know if I'm on the jury, as they didn't finish selecting, and the judge canceled today and we have to come back Tuesday morning. I should know sometime that day if I'm selected. If I am, it's a DUI and should take four or five days. I can handle it, I'd just rather not, but then that's true of everybody. I liked the judge, and the panel, those I talked to, are intelligent and decent, so it's not so bad. There is no victim or accident, so that is less stressful. I can do this. I have my biases, but everybody does, and I will make a full effort to overcome them. And hey, I'll make a whopping $9 a day!
I was so exhausted when I got home, because listening to all the instructions and the multitude of questions brings up so much. Being in court brings up my divorce and my time in the DA's office in Victim Assistance, plus being subpeoned when I worked in safehouses. A lot of water under the bridge. I've had bad experiences with police officers and courts and good experiences. I'm skeptical and not trusting, but yesterday, I thought that it was a pretty good group of jurors. I believed that they would try hard to be fair. Yesterday it seemed like a pretty decent system of justice.
Now I have four days to do other things, and I'll make the most of them. A party, a dinner, a movie and my granddaughter's play. All joyous events.
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