07 March 2007

9 hours of lovely sleep

Sitting in Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Monday night, I got the news that I had to be at federal jury duty in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday morning at 7:45 a.m. Ah the woes of the leisure traveler.

I'm not complaining. I'm explaining.

The jury duty necessitated washing clothes all through the night so I would have something other than "Angels Cactus League Spring Training" shirts to wear. Then taking the 6:02 a.m. train into LA.

I was tired and spent most of the day in a zombified post-vacation daze, sitting in the jury room, watching Scooter Libby get convicted.

The best part of yesterday was a glorious cup of iced coffee while lounging under a blooming magenta bougainvillea vine on historic Olvera St. during lunch. It was about 75 degrees and the birdies were singing...who says LA isn't beautiful?

I went to bed at 8:40 last night. The sleep I got was better than any spa treatment. I am awake and ready to go. Alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic.
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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jury duty was one of the most interesting things I did all last year. Sad...but true. I hope this one is just as stimulating for you as it was for me.

8:11 AM
Anonymous said...

Um, have fun? I've never been called for jury duty, not ever. Even though I've always been registered to vote. In a way, I'd like to try it, but then again it does seem very time consuming. I hope if you get picked the case is really interesting and provides much blog fodder after the fact.

9:43 AM
Anonymous said...

At first I thought you meant that YOU were on the Scooter Libby trial-wouldn't that have been something? I've always been excused from Jury Duty, but I wouldn't mind serving one day. Hopefully when it's 75 degrees, not 15 degrees with four inches of snow.

2:52 PM
Lisa said...

I am envious... Of the sleep. Not of Jury Duty.

4:18 PM
meno said...

I thought i was the only one who knew that song!

I'm alive awake alert,
I'm alert awake alive....

Thanks a bunch, now it's stuck.

5:11 PM
super des said...

I was going to say exactly what lisa said, but I was going to use the wourd "jealous."

4:38 AM
SUEB0B said...

Meno - I thought that was a pretty obscure reference! Did you learn it in church?

5:53 AM
Suzanne said...

Jury duty is the perfect place to wear an Angels t-shirt and sleep! Right?

I am mad jealous about the beautiful weather, though.

10:06 PM
Alex Elliot said...

I was very excited to be doing for jury duty for the first time last year (I was called for it in IL when I was in college but since I was in school out of state I was excused.)My only real gripe was that the parking lot only had about 6 visitor spaces so I had to get there two hours early to get a space or have to run out and feed the meter all day and risk getting a ticket. Sounds crazy, but I know quite a few people who've gotten tickets while doing jury duty.

2:49 PM

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