summoned

I received this lovely letter in my mailbox yesterday.




For some reason, I knew what it was even before I opened the letter.

Jury Duty.

My time has come.

Awesome, right? Not that I have been waiting my entire life to be a on jury, but it isn't exactly the worse thing that could happen, and who knows, it might be kind of interesting.

Except for the fact that I kind of sort of have previous plans.

Plans that will not allow me to serve on a jury for 30% of the required service.

Plans that take me out of this country to further explore a few of my favorite places.

Places that are home to fun things like this:


and this:


So here's hoping that a trip where my flight and accommodations have already been paid for will be good enough reason for a deferral of service.

Otherwise I have no idea what I will do, and I hear being in contempt of court is not that cool...