I was supposed to be there at 8 o'clock and so naturally I was late. But only --and miraculously-- by a few minutes. Also, no one seemed to care so it was all good. Shortly after I signed in, a grandfatherly judge came down and gave us a little speech about civic duty and etc. which I thought was quite educational.

I had come prepared to spend the day reading a book but I never got the chance. My name came up immediately and I was in the very first group sent to one of the courts upstairs. It's a double murder case. Awesome, right? (I'm sooo itching to look it up right now but I'm being good and following the judge's instructions not to.) It's going to be a 10-day trial. I didn't know how much time the lab allowed for jury duty so I didn't ask to be excused from consideration, something which half of our group did and got. After that the rest of us were given a questionnaire to answer and turn in, and then we were done for the day. We are to return this Friday to finish the process.