Jury Duty

I must offer my heartfelt thanks to the benevolent gods who made my jury duty so painless today: out of 7 scheduled trials, 6 settled and 1 waived the right to a jury! The 164 summoned jurors who showed up today were able to leave the courthouse by 12:30. Given all the appointments that I have scheduled in the next couple of weeks, I was greatly relieved that I would not be placed on a trial! And I didn't even have to resort to any of the tips I gleaned from googling "how to get out of jury duty." Huzzah!