Nooo... Not Jury Duty!

That was my reaction to the call for

After all,

I'm busy teaching,

my father's been with us and will return in a few days

{He's home for some check-ups and is coming back for Christmastime}

...oh yea...

and... It's CHRISTMAS!

I was at work until 6:40 on Friday preparing for my substitute.

{and making my room pretty for Christmas}

I didn't want to go downtown for jury duty;

what was it going to be like anyway!

This morning, the roads were greasy...traffic on the interstates was rush hour thick.

To find parking, I had to use the ginormous parking garage of a major hotel.

Security confiscated my camera until I left the building.

{I see this rule as very archaic since all of us still had our cellphones}.

There were 125 of us in one of the courtrooms.  We filled out all the paperwork

...and waited...

for our numbers to be selected for a jury.

...we waited some more...

{Was this a good sign?}

It was!

A jury was not needed since the people settled out of court.

We were all dismissed.

I had the afternoon off.

Another Christmas surprise.
Sometimes God's gifts come in unexpected packaging!

Heaven knew I needed a break.

~

Our group was dismissed.

But there was another jury there today, in a different part of the building,
determining someone's fate.

The news teams were all there.

~

Such a different day for me.

It was a real learning experience.
There's quite a process to justice.

 And,  it's so much better to be on "this side" of the law.

~

Jury duty in America is not optional.

If you are called, you must go.

What does your state or country demand of you?

Have you ever been called for jury duty?

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I hope your week started out well.
It's very cold here ~ keeping warm under lots of wool!

Wishing you all

peace, joy and warm hearts