Kintropy In Action

This morning I got up early and packed a bag of stuff for amusement and caught a ride with my father in-law to the county court house.

This was my first time of doing my social obligation of Jury duty. Most people seem to groan at the prospect of serving on a jury. I was excited. I get to sit in a room with adults and read a book, draw a picture or even work on some writing without any other responsibilities. Total heaven in my world.

There were some unexpected things. Such as even though the room was big it felt cramped due to the number of people in it. As it filled up I moved to a little balcony in the back with tables to help me with personnel space. The anxious air of everyone around me made it hard for me to read.

So I pulled out the AlphaSmart 3000 Robert got for me and started transcribing a novel onto it. Being so close to other people and not talking to them drove me crazy so I started engaging in conversations.

It never failed. After I engaged someone in a conversation they were called for the next pool of jurors.

The morning wore on, and the room looked to be down to about twelve to fifteen of us.

My number was finally called third to last and we were all excused to go to lunch till 1:15.

That actually gave me two and a-half hours for lunch. Cool I got to wonder around downtown.

I knew I wanted to go to the tea house by the courthouse. It is called The Stratford House. It has the most amazing Hungarian mushroom soup. But I thought it was still early, so I headed to the new gaming shop Avatar’s Lair.

There are two new card games I’m curious about. Truthfully, I just want to play Magic, but I’m on a quest to find a fantasy card game to play with Gabriel.

So I bought Kingdom Hearts. Besides I had to see Mickey and Donald in a warrior role. I realized I still had two hours, so I looked at the store clerk who knew nothing about the game and asked if he wanted to read up on it, and we could try it out. He jumped at the opportunity to learn a new game without the cost to the store and give his opinion.

Well the game has potential and still needs work.

I went to the teahouse and now I’m waiting for the summons to the courtroom.

And then I was excused at around 2:30. I had a fun day

--Mom