sometimes life cooperates for a change :)

Had jury duty today. The "rescheduled" appointment from January. Didn't mention it here ahead of time because I felt really, really apprehensive about it, and if they had put me on a jury, I would have totally believed it was due to the fact I "jinxed" it by posting about it. But I was lucky, again, despite the fact that my panel WAS called into a courtroom. Which happened right before lunchtime, btw. They told us they still needed to finalize some details before they could begin the jury selection process... so we were instructed to take lunch and then come back to the courtroom. Whereupon they told us that the matter had been resolved "short of a trial", and we were therefore all free to go home. You should have heard the collective sigh of relief of the 30 or so people in the room... LOL.

So I actually got home much earlier than I would have if I had gone to work. Which was truly appreciated, since it meant I could get some cooking done (I invented a strange one-pot dish that came together surprisingly well, if I say so myself ;D), and then STILL have time for a two-hour Skype call discussing The Vampire Lestat (or, to be precise, helping the indefatigable burnadette_dpdl prepare the next discussion post about it for the VC comm). So, it's been an immensely productive day.:D And now, I need SLEEP (got up at 5:45 AM OMG, do I get points for that?... took a three-bus ride halfway across town and GOT THERE 15 MINUTES EARLY, DO YOU HEAR??? that is UNPRECEDENTED. I need a medal, pronto). *massive yawn*