Jury Duty

Today I experienced a new first--I had jury duty today.  I've never done that before.  My number was pretty low, meaning I got called for jury selection with the first judge that was ready for jurors.  I was the 7th juror in the box and they were keeping 7 jurors (6 jurors and 1 alternate).  Needless to say, I was getting a little nervous about being on the jury, especially since my students start school on Thursday.  It was interesting to see how the process worked and sit in a court room.  They're a lot smaller in real life than they seem on TV.  Our judge was really nice though. I answered all their questions and they decided they didn't want me (which was a good thing--I would've been sad if I missed my work retreat tomorrow and really upset if I missed the first day of school!!)  Any way, it was interesting to learn more about how that process works.  The case I was there for was a civil case where a lady was suing her insurance company.  It's probably a good thing for her that I wasn't on the jury because I thought her case was a total joke.  I'm surprised her case even made it this far.  So that was my jury experience!