Shortly after my surgery was scheduled, I received jury duty summons. Not for my county, but for my state. Yay. Not for a week, but every Monday for the entire month of July. Double yay. Oh, and my first reporting day was the day I was to return to work from my surgical recovery time. Super yay!
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Yes, its my civic duty, and yes, there are some spiffy trials out there...but the bottom line is, there are a gazillion factors that made July the worst possible month ever for this to happen. I responded to the summons and mentioned I had a medical reason with a doctors note as to why I couldn't serve. Request denied. Ugh.
I had a note from my doctor saying I would be recovering for 2-3 weeks (for the record, we are coming up on 4 weeks Thursday and I still have some pain and cannot hear, though the vertigo and nastier symptoms are mostly gone), so I figured I would just show up and present the note and hopefully be done with it.
But then...first Monday in July...duty postponed. Second Monday in July...duty postponed. Finally, yesterday, with a note now null and void, I was told I had to report. I brought all my paperwork anyway and submitted it, mentioning they could call my doctor and that the still relevant issue is the fact that my hearing is literally half absent.
1 hour plus of traffic, 3 hours of waiting, two blisters, and $29 in parking fees later, they finally told me I could go...for the day. I'm still waiting for a judge to decide whether my excuse will let me off for the month, postpone me til later, or tell me to serve the rest of my duty anyway.
See? Fun!
I know this is the most riveting blog material any of you have ever read...so I'll switch gears to something that really is fun...
PUPPIES!
We are house/petsitting all week for three crazy fluffballs! Not a shabby deal at all.
Love all the puppy pictures!! You must have been in heaven!
ReplyDeleteSorry about the jury duty thing.... I haven't ever done that yet..
guess my time should be coming soon... =(
Geez that was one heck of a bad jury duty experience. Hopefully they will let you go! BTW Cute fluffball:)
ReplyDeleteawwwww do cute!
ReplyDeleteYay puppies! And sheesh, can't they just give it up and toss your name back in the pool to get chosen later?
ReplyDeleteYou poor thing!!! I got summoned once but it was for a county I no longer lived in thank GOODNESS. Crossing my fingers for you!
ReplyDeleteStopping by to say hello from Peacoats & Plaid :)
Awww love all the puppy shots! ;)
ReplyDeleteEw. I'm so sorry! Hopefully they let you off. My uncle had to serve on a circuit court jury once a month...for 18 months! No thank you!
ReplyDeleteWhy is Jury Duty a month long in your state? The last few times I was summoned I was able to get out of it because of school. That last time they summoned me I chalked it up to a free trip to downtown Dallas. (They always give you a free pass for the train if you don't want to drive down and pay for parking.
ReplyDeleteWelp, I come home today and my seester was like, "You got a Jury Duty Summon!" I don't report till August 7th and I'm already trying to figure out how I can get out of it. I'm just praying I don't get picked.
Ughh, that sucks Bekah...poor you!!:( Well, at least you had the puppies to cheer you up!:-) August will be MUCH better! Thanks so much for linking up...have a wonderful rest of your week
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