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I'm back, I'm back!
I hate always disappearing for the weekend!
Let's just say that what I estimated for the weekend on Friday pretty much happened and leave it at that. Nothing too exciting. Oh, except that Dan got my computer fixed, so I can now be online from the comfort of my own air conditioned bedroom and don't have to borrow my roomie's computer any longer. My hard drive had crashed, so I now have a new one, but I have to go back and re-set up everything again, so that's a bit of a pain.

Today was Jury Duty...it was very interesting. I'll spare you the suspense and tell you now that I wasn't selected. The selection process was nothing like I thought though.
Okay, I had to be at the court house for 9:00 this morning. Meant I got to sleep in, so that was exciting!! Waited in line, had my paperwork checked, etc. Then we all sat in the gallery area and were addressed by the Jury Clerk. Told us the general rules: no food or drink, no gum, not hats, no cell phones/pagers, etc. Then he showed us a video on the Jury System in Canada, who sits where/does what, etc. Then the judge entered, and went through all the reasons people might have for not serving on a Jury: undue hardship, medical reasons, etc. and dismissed about 20 people in the process. Then, the clerk put the remaining 80 or so names in a barrel and drew out 20 at random. I wasn't one of them. From there, the people faced the Defendant and two lawyers and the lawyers both had the opportunity to be "content" or to "challenge". They didn't have to give reasoning for either decision, but if either judge "challenged" that prospective juror was automatically dismissed. The whole process took about 2 hours.
When I left the court house, I was told to return next Tuesday (since Monday is a holiday) unless I heard otherwise, so I was kind of excited...still a chance. But by the time I got home tonight, there was already a message on my phone saying there would be no trials next week and I am dismissed from Jury Duty. Oh well. C'est la vie.

Oh yeah, and the wedding shoes I ordered came in on the weekend. They don't fit, so I returned them and the hunt is still on.

Dinner time!

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When I got home this afternoon there was a message on my answering machine for me to call my family doctor back.
I was in for my yearly physical, blood-work, etc. a few weeks (probably over a month now) and they said they'd call only if they found a problem...so now I'm a little worried.
Of course, the office was closed by the time I got the message, so I gave them my number for work to call me tomorrow.

Simple Pleasures

One more post, then I swear I'm off to bed for real this time. (kimie reminded me of this...)

I stayed over at my parents place last night before my Jury Duty. My kitty cat (well, my mom's cat) is always so angry when you leave and then try and come back, ie. moving out. So, she pretended to be mad at me last night. Avoiding me at all costs, when she did have to come near me, she either ran away like I was going to hurt her or she swung out at me.
So I'm in bed last night, nearly asleep when what do I feel on the bed but four little paws. She came and curled up beside me like she always used to when I lived there. I think she thought I was asleep and didn't know she was there, because she was gone again before I got up in the morning.
I love cats! :)