Monday, February 17, 2014

Valentine's Surprise

Apparently, the Jenson boys think that Valentine's Day was created for proposing.
 
Tim and Lindsay will be getting married on August 16th!
 
 
 
We are all excited to have another member of the family!

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Ugh, Jury Duty

I never got summoned until we moved to Idaho, and I was perfectly happy. Now I get summoned every three years. So far I've been summoned at least four times in 13.5 years. Tom has been summoned at least three times, John twice and Tim once. I have called in every day and not been needed (my favorite), put on stand-by and then not needed (that's next best), part of the selection process, and now on the jury.

It was a very interesting experience, to say the least. I had to be there by 10:30 am, but we didn't even start until 11:15 am. After they selected the jury (lucky me) we went to lunch. Trial started at 2 pm. It was a man in his late 50's who had gotten a reckless driving ticket for riding his motorcycle at 107 mph in a 50 mph zone. He was found guilty of reckless driving.

The jury ended up being 5 women ages 50 and above, and one 25 year old woman. The prosecutor was probably very happy with the selection. The defendant was defending himself, and I don't know what he was thinking. I wouldn't have kept me if I'd been in his shoes. I never wanted to be on a jury, and realistically, they should have never had me on this one based on the answers I gave.

During the process I wasn't too stressed (other than hating the fact that I was missing my girl's night out.) After I got home it all settled in, and I couldn't sleep. All. Night. Long. I finally drifted off at 4 am, but didn't sleep well. I gave up at 7 am and went for my daily walk.

At one point in the selection process they asked if anyone would be too stressed giving a verdict not knowing what the sentence would be. So next time I'll just tell them that being on a jury stresses me too much and causes health issues. We'll see if that will get me off.