For all my complaining lately that my 09-09-09 prediction/pact with Keith was not coming to fruition, today was a pretty lucky day.

I figured there was something wacky going on with jury service, because of the message last night, and there were probably 300 people there for jury duty. I don’t think this is the norm because there were definitely not enough seats in the juror room.

Anyway, I was getting really worried because the trials they were selecting for were all cases that were set to last for over a month  This would be really, really inconvenient, plus my company pays for a maximum of 3 days Jury Duty. Plus I actually like my job and have Things That Need To Get Done at my job, and being out 3 times a week for 2 months would be really, really annoying.

I tried for the “financial hardship” excuse because I think being forced to live on an extremely reduced salary for months should count. But I’m single and without dependents, so I didn’t meet the threshold.

So it was back to the jury pool, a lot of waiting, and a lot of anxiety. When my group was called down to the judges chambers my heart was pounding.

And then I heard what the case was about, and got really excited, because it was completely relevant to my line of work. The case itself was not something I would have anything more than a cursory understanding of, but I knew I could spin my job to make it look as if I would understand the intricacies of the dispute.

Turned out I didn’t need to. I got asked two questions regarding my occupation and as soon as the second answer was out of my mouth they dismissed me. I did not even have to exaggerate.

Now it’s back to work tomorrow, to worry away the rest of the week. I have a headache from reading all day, and also from reading on the bus home for over an hour. But I did get through 3 chicklit novels of varying awfulness, so there’s that.