Jury Duty

So I got a summons for jury duty...now when I was in school & working I LOVED getting these notices! It was so fun to get to take off work & exciting to see what was going on in the courts. But since having Kelvin, I DETEST them! The courts do not see childcare issues as a reasonable excuse to jury duty. This does not make sense to me except to know that men likely wrote the laws...and as in so many areas of our society, full time parents are not respected. That with the fact that I get called in so MUCH!

If this were my first summons in awhile, it would have been ok...but since Kel was born (3 1/2 years ago), I have received THREE notices! I don't know why they keep asking me to go, but I am a bit tired of it! David has been so busy at work that he can't take time off...so it was tricky figuring out what to do...

We found that there is a childcare center at the court for the first day of jury duty so I took Kelvin with me and went downtown. He had a blast putting our bags through the x-ray machines in the courthouse. The security guard didn't want to let me take my knitting needles into the courthouse with me... Yes, those needles are such deadly weapons! But another guard laughed at him and I was able to get them in. We then went to find the childcare room.

Luckily there were no other children in the room so Kelvin had the place to himself. And he did such a great job there! He played nicely with the toys, went to the bathroom when he had to...and was just amazingly good at waiting for me!

Meanwhile, my name got picked to go up to courtroom...luckily I was not one of the first 18 chosen to sit in the jury box, though. As the lawyers only rejected three people, I did not have to stay any longer! I picked up my son and got out of there! The case was sad...a man's children were claiming that he is insane and trying to get control over his finances. It is a tragic situation for all of them.