Fugitive From Justice

I am in violation of the law. Yesterday I called the courthouse to see if I had to show up for jury duty today and the clerk said, "No, you're supposed to be here today." So I said "Oh no, I'm in contempt of court!" because that's what the letter said would happen if I didn't respond. At times like this I tend to revert to my childhood self, so I said , "Am I in trouble?" but the clerk couldn't have been nicer. She said to fax them a letter saying that I'd forgotten and they would defer me to a later date and I thanked them kindly.

So I faxed them a sheepish letter (embarrassed, not wooly) and attached an itinerary for when I'm going to be out of the country later this year. As soon as I did that, I wondered if I should have also told them the other time I was going to be away later in the year, and I found out later that the answer to that question was 'yes,' because I got a new date for when we were going to be on vacation. So I called the office and they were not happy with me, but I said I didn't really want to send them all my summer vacation plans, so they let me pick a date when I can actually make it.

The funny thing is that I have absolutely no desire to avoid jury duty. I've never done it before so it should be interesting, and during the summer is a pretty convenient time. So I may be a lawbreaker, but I'm a lucky one.