Today is the day. After 21 years of waiting, I have finally been summoned to jury duty. In less than one hour, I am required to call to see if they need me today. I'm on pins and needles, just hoping that at 10:30 I will be at the courthouse being interviewed by attorneys. The most I have ever done in a courthouse is translate, and I took a tour of the Boise Courthouse once in Cub Scouts but I've never been a part of the legal system before. This is my duty as an American citizen, just like voting, and if I don't ever get to do it, I will feel cheated. How many of the 7 billion people on the earth even have the opportunity to be jurors? I find out in 54 minutes if I'm one of them. My alarm went off at 7 AM this morning, but I was already awake, happily thinking about jury duty. It's going to be great.
Yesterday I went Christmas caroling for the first time in three years, and also checked out books from the library for the first time in over two years. I feel like I just got out of prison and I can do anything I want to. In my high school Latin class, I used to mix up the word for book with the word for freedom, so it kind of makes sense now. I really miss being a missionary, but I also really miss reading about history and linguistic philosophy, something I could never do on my mission. I'm in that awkward stage of life where I have no clue what's going on, and I can't decide if I'm happy or sad or elated or devastated; I can't decide if I'm more happy to be with my family or if I miss the South more, and, after a month of deliberation I don't really know whether I'm happy to be back or not. I have no real plans for the near future, just a long range blurred vision of a couple of vague goals that may or may not ever happen. But I'm content this morning, I'm ignoring life, and I've decided that today is going to rock, no matter what happens. We'll see about tomorrow, and the day after when I get that far.
10:05 Update. "They settled, you are excused for today. Please call back this evening after 5. Thank you."
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
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