Duty Calls

I got summands to serve Jury Duty. I don't really mind showing up to do my duty for my community, but it will be futile. A few years ago I was called, and I responded. I made it into the room where the lawyers start picking the candidates who will sit in the 12 chairs. I sat awhile and eventually my number was called. I made it through the interview and was a proud member of the jury. Unfortunately we were a jury who couldn't come to a decision so we were a hung jury. Now I've been told that once you have been on a hung jury you will never sit in any of the 12 chairs again. Is that true? If it is, I think that they should just take your name off the list permanatly. I called in and I don't have to go tomorrow, but I have been instructed to call again tomorrow to see if I have to report Thurs. (Part 1)

Dream Car?

Guy thinks that he wants to sell his car. I don't know why, all he does while we drive around is compare his Mustang to other Mustangs


I think he might be working up to being able to buy the new GT when in comes out. So if you re interested, let me know. :)

Fridays Off

At the college where I work, it has been decided that the school would save energy if for the summer we worked 4 10 hour days and we are off on Fridays. I guess they weren't talking about my energy, because by the time Friday comes along I have none left. So what's the point? You work yourself to death so that you can sleep the day away on Friday. I get no enjoyment in that.

Life Happens

Well it's been a week of bads. Its hard for a mom when you can't kiss and make things better. So this is what happened. Amber was driving over to our house to pick something up. ( For those of you who didn't know, Amber is living in her own apartment.) On her way here is a train crossing and a train was coming. The car in from of Amber started to go across and beat the train so Amber moved up. The the car changed it's mind and backed up and hit Amber's car. Luckly, the Ford Focus sits a little low in the front, and the Rav 4 sits a little high so all that was damaged was a bit of scraping on the corner of the top front of her hood. By the way the Rav 4 took off. Amber thought we would be mad at her because last Summer she hit a car in the Target parking lot in Santa Rose while she was working there for the summer. Just for the record, dad was not mad, mom was just a little mad (at the car that ran off and there was nothing we could do about it). After that Amber was off to Richmond with her "boy" friend for the day, and while she was gone, someone broke into her apt. and stoled most of her stuff. The thief's were a bit dumb because they took her portable DVD player but not the cord, and they took her friends new Ipod, but not the plug. They also took Amber's lap top, her new mini Ipod that she just got for graduation, and I'm not sure what else. They didn't take the big TV, so that was good. It will be awhile before we can replace them for her. Cops did nothing because we didn't have the seral numbers, they didn't even get the fingerprints.(that was frustrating). Then the next morning, Amber's little turtle died. To try and cheer Amber up, I told her things always happen in 3's so she is good for awhile. I'm not sure if that helped.