Jury Duty and Ice-Cream Follies

I had jury duty today and was the first one called to take a place in the jury box. Yay! I really want to actually serve on a case and do the whole jury thing for the trial, so I was excited and nervous. This was a drug case and the defendant was accused of "possession with intent". He apparantly doesn't argue the fact that he did possess cocaine, the problem comes in when he claims that he wasn't going to sell it.

Then came the lawyers questions to the jury. I was asked by the defendant's lawyer, "Susan, tell me about yourself." I wasn't expecting such an open ended question so I was caught somewhat off guard. I said "I work as a manager in a retail store at the mall. I have lived in Humboldt for four years. I am from the Midwest."

I was excused.

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Tonight, Tiffany, Katie and I went on an ice-cream run. We went to Baskin Robbin's and chose a few of those 31 flavors to enjoy, yum! I got one scoop of mint-chocolate chip on a sugar (or dark) cone. As I was standing in line to pay, I was licking the ice-cream. It was sooooo good, and sooooo cool to eat on such a hot and humid day!

Suddenly, I had a "blow-out"! As I was licking the ice-cream, my cone shattered! The back of the cone broke off and pieces went flying! My "softball star" reflexes kicked in, even after 15 years, and with my right hand I swooped down and caught the scoop of mint-chocolate chip before I hit the floor! It was amazing if I do say so myself!

So, with ice-cream melting in my hand, I calmly walked to the counter and asked for another cone. LOL I actually got a whole brand new ice-cream cone! The other customer waiting in line for some ice-cream was obviously disturbed by the ice-cream dripping down my hand and arm and grabbed a napkin and handed it to me! LOL It was pretty funny!