Jury Duty

Woke up this morning at the usually time had planned to go to school for a few minutes but did not happen. Got to the Justice Center before 8. Got up to where we to register for jury duty and there was a massive line waiting to be registered for Jury Duty. However I have a vague feeling that I did something wrong. Which was why I was in the line. However it did pass by rather quickly.

Sat down with a group of ladies and ironically 2 of the people at the table were educators. We had a great time chit chatting waiting for the instructional court video. We waited for 45min to 1hour before the video started. While waiting I read the news paper and looked at the horoscope and read the the following

Aries:
Take your time and understand what is going on behind the scenes. Research and quiet thought are the first steps. When you go to implement a decision, it must be well-grounded in order to convince others that you are on the right path. Tonight: Do what you want.

Taurus:
Zero in on what you need to do. Your clarity and style work. The end result will be that several people will rethink their decisions and transform their stances. As you know, a realization works better than forcing your opinion on others. Tonight: Where the action is.

from Jacqueline Bigar

Not even reading between the lines both horoscopes screams that I will be picked for a Jury today.

After the video we waited for our names to be called. It feels like a lottery that nobody wanted to win. as I sit now they have called out 4 jury groups and our table of 7 has dwindled down to 2.

They are calling again.

Innocent questions difficult answers

When I was getting Liam ready for bed tonight he asked me "Where did I (Liam) came from and mommy and daddy and ..." I started to answer well Liam you came to be because Mama and Daddy had a lot of love to share and we had to make another person to share that love. I then explained that I came from my parents because they had lots of love to share. Then Liam reasoned that Mama came from Funny grandma and uncle Marvin. Which I think would be a reasonable hypothesis for Liam because that is the limit of his close biological family, and the only people not paired up were Cindy and Marvin.

I had to correct him and said to him that Funny grandma and Mama's daddy had a lot of love and made Mama. Liam then asked the predictable question. Where is Mama's daddy? Is he far away, is he dead? I had to say Mama's daddy is far away.

How can I say to Liam that your Mama's biological father's love was so tenuous that he is almost dead to her? How can I say to him that Barrack Obama has held you more times then your grandfather has? How can I say to him that your right to eat as a 2 week old caused discomfort to your step grandmother? How can I say to him that your Mama's biological father had love to give to other women and left your Funny grandma? How can I say to him that your Mama's biological father had not enough love to pay all the child support payments due to her when she was a child? How can I say to him that most of the family on your mama's biological father's side loves to gossip and speak ill of each other behind each other's backs, and frankly you don't need this dysfunction.

How I wished I could have said something, anything, otherwise.