Jury duty, 9:45am
Lot of glare from the window behind me, and Facebook is blocked from the county courthouse, but at least they have a semiquiet area where the Golden Girls aren’t blaring at TOP volume. This area is much, much nicer than the old courtroom, though. My needles got through without a second glance, although I of course had to power on my laptop.
An hour of videos about jury service, and we’re taking a brief break before they start calling jurors. I’ve knitted about an inch on my sock. I didn’t want to bring Jayne knitting because I didn’t want any hats or much-needed Jayne hat needles confiscated by the Alliance.
I’ve got a headache, but not a huge one, so things are going pretty well. I don’t want to jinx it, but so far this isn’t too bad. Back to reading John Scalzi and knitting socks.
ETA: Moments after typing that, I was called for a jury in a looooong trial. Thankfully, I was excused. Back to the “quiet” area, which is currently blasting out The Bucket List at top volume. Did I mention that the “quiet” area was right next to the bathrooms? It is hard, however, to complain about a jury selection room that provides free wireless, a snack area, and free popcorn with its afternoon movie, which is shown on a gigantic flat screen TV. This really is luxurious.
ETA-again: Got called AGAIN and excused at the last possible minute. WOO! I’ve done my civic duty for another two years!