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I did end up having enough time to make rounds.  Two wow’ed me….

My Hot Raven…..

Roxy.….

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I’m free! I’m free!!!  I begrudgingly drug my feet regarding jury duty this past week..  Many of you heard me complain.  I know it’s my civic duty, I should feel honored to get to help out in our wonderful judicious process, blah, blah, blah….  Here was the MAIN issue.  I LIKE being home.  I am responsible for a farm full of animals.  I have a 5mo old puppy that is only partially housebroken bc she is always in my lap or tagging close beside as I do chores.  Which means when I’m gone, she’s NOT even partially so (bc she hides under the bed from PC…don’t even ask why *shaking head*  ALTHOUGH, I do think they bonded a bit with me gone).  I do NOT like being away from home.  I do not like not being able to keep up with my house.  Or with my animals.  Or seeing my kiddos.  And not being able to keep PC in his happy place when his day gets stressful.  It was just difficult being away from my home for twelve hours a day,  especially for four whole days……
 
So as it turned out, most civil cases last a day.  And are usually painfully dull.  They cover minute things like broken contracts, small law suits, etc.  The trial I served on was a carry over from a criminal case, where the mother of the plaintiff thought the defendant had only received a slap on the wrist and wanted justice to be served.  For the defendant to truly understand what he did was wrong. Think….OJ Simpson.  Family didn’t feel justice was served in his criminal trial so they brought him to trial for punitive damages.  Same deal here.

Let’s just say….teens, sexting and fathers with guns….not a good combo.

Bc of this the trial was very long.  I missed my family. I missed my home.  My family missed me.  My house missed me (as was evident by how trashed it became w/o my typical upkeep, lol).  I am behind on everything…..blech.  BUT that said.  While the super early mornings sucked (I didn’t love having to be up by 5:00am in the morning I am a NIGHT person, nooooooooooooot a morning person.  The last time I got up that early was to make our flight for Vegas.  Yeah…having to wake up for a VACATION is way more fun than having to get up to drive an hour away to the court house. Blech) and the long days exhausting….now that it’s all over and done with it was a very enlightening experience.  Very valuable I think.  Interesting also in that I was the youngest juror and definitely the most….open minded and open EYED to teens, sex and our society.  I felt for both sides, very unfortunate situation but did find myself feeling some compassion for the plaintiff most of all.  The other, older jurors, who I will classify as ‘naive’, we didn’t really see eye to eye.  The case was shocking, upsetting and outrageous we all agreed, but in different aspects and for different reasons.

As I said, positive experience to have had and walk away from.

On the plus side, the case gave gave me several different ideas for CQW!  AND the highlight of my mornings was Starbucks drive through.  (Oh!  They have a new drink… Dark Cherry Mocha….YUM-MY!  And I don’t even LIKE Chocolate!)

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Have a fabulous weekend!

~ xo

Vixen

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