Of Jury Duty and Exhaustion~~~

Hello Darklings,

Well I'm exhausted!!!

I've been covering staff members who have taken time off to coincide with their children's' Easter or Spring Break, and we got a heavy work load.

Then just when they come back and I think I can relax I have to report for Jury Duty, I had postponed it once I could not do it again and because work was back to full staffing I could not claim "hard-ship"

So I report in, one day or one trial, so I'm there all day, and just as I think I and a few others are not going to be needed we are called to report to a court room, the Judge said we were NOT dismissed so we had to come back the next day, and the next day and the next day.  It seemed that either one or the other lawyer had something come up or the Judge could not do a full session. 

I was ready to scream!!

So I'm hoping that I'll be eliminated and today---TODAY!!!  Do I get a good night's sleep??? NO!!!

I'm awake at 4:30 a.m. Up and down and UP and Down, I cannot sleep, I finally lay down praying for a few minutes sleep.  But the Dawn Came Up Like Thunder Across Mandalay Bay---as my Dad would say---actually he'd sing it, some old song, and he'd sing it when I and Sis did not want to get up for School.

So I drag my weary self to the Court House, finally I'm being questioned by the lawyers as they decide if I'm right for the Jury---I know what they are doing.   But we still are not set yet.  The Judge gets a note and he has to stop proceedings and do another Day's delay and we are to pick up where we left off on MONDAY!!!   No Wonder no one wants to serve on a Jury with all this going on.

So now as I type this, my eyes grow weary, Sis called and said she'd make dinner. 

Now I and the Dynamic Duo are going to lie down and get some much needed Sleep!

Later Darklings

Of being exhausted and Clint Eastwood~~~~

Hello Darklings,

I know ---- what have I been doing and what does it have to do with Clint Eastwood?

Well nothing really, it two totally separate things.

Alright I'll get Clint out of the way and "make my day"  and speaking of making it someone's day, today happens to be Clint Eastwood's birthday born May 31, 1930. 

A local boy, attending both Piedmont and then Oakland Technical High School.  Doyle wants to watch either a couple of Dirty Harry movies or "The Good, the Bad and The Ugly" tonight in celebration.   Feeling so tired and knowing that this is going to be one of those rare times when it's Pizza and a good red wine I said "Dealer's Choice" and left it at that.

And why am I exhausted???  Well you'd be exhausted too if you tore apart several beds, washed linens and towels, folded same and re-made the beds, I know, why didn't Doyle or Sis help me, well Sis had to see several clients and Doyle had an assignment that had him out of the house until an hour ago.

But all was not lost, Brian came by feeling a bit lonely for company and I put him to work, he's going to join us for the movie fest tonight. 

So I'm going to lie down and take a nap with the dog's sharing bed space and wake up in time for pizza and a movie.

And really isn't that the best way to spend a Saturday night? 

Later Darklings a nice soft bed calls to me.

Happy Birthday Clint