Last week I was summoned for jury duty for Peoria county. I know lot of people that say they dislike jury duty. I don't tend to hear a lot of positive things about it. Yet, it remains a cornerstone to the U.S. justice system. Without jury duty, there are no juries and a having a juried trial is a fundamental right established by the Constitution in the Bill of Rights.
Personally, I like jury duty. I love that I get to do my civic duty. I am one of those people that vote in every election, too. I think it is amazing that I, as a normal citizen, get to participate in the justice system. Last time I was called for jury duty in 2012, I ended up on Coroner's Jury. That was a very interesting experience. This time, I was close to being put on a jury for an assault case, but the defense excused me. I guess they didn't like my answers.
Beside from that near encounter, I sat in a room, watched Netflix on my iPad and knit for three days. It was a pretty simple job. I am blessed that my employer still pays me on days that I am at jury duty, I know from talking others in my jury pool that this is not the case for many. Last week was pretty much perfect for being on jury duty because most of my big work projects for the semester were completed the week before.
So I sat, watched Gilmore Girls (I binged all week) and knit. I can't believe some people show up to jury duty with nothing to do or read. I think I would dislike jury duty if I didn't come prepared. If knitting and Gilmore Girls became uninteresting, I had two books packed as back up. I don't like having nothing to do.
I finished one knitted item, started and completed another and nearly finished another. I also got some time to spin yarn (after being dismissed for the day). I can't complain about jury duty with results like this.
I finished the Newborn Baby Blanket in Malibrigo Rios.
I used a new crochet bind off on this blanket and I think I am in love. It was the perfect bind off. I usually have a really tight bind off edge but not with the crochet bind off. It is definitely my new favorite.
I started and finished Oats in Cascade Pacific Color Wave.
I actually finished this one before the other so I used Jeni's Stretchy Bind Off which worked okay. I can still tell the difference between the cast on and cast off edges and I don't like that, but I can live with it. I need to get Miss D to pose for me wear this cowl (infinity scarf) to really show off its beauty.
I'l have to show you the rest in another post. The completion of these projects, brings me to my goal of 12 projects for the year already. I guess I really underestimated. Plus I made a ton of hats. So maybe I will now have to say hats don't count toward the 12.
So what are your feelings on jury duty? Do you go prepared? Should hats count toward my goal?
Personally, I like jury duty. I love that I get to do my civic duty. I am one of those people that vote in every election, too. I think it is amazing that I, as a normal citizen, get to participate in the justice system. Last time I was called for jury duty in 2012, I ended up on Coroner's Jury. That was a very interesting experience. This time, I was close to being put on a jury for an assault case, but the defense excused me. I guess they didn't like my answers.
Beside from that near encounter, I sat in a room, watched Netflix on my iPad and knit for three days. It was a pretty simple job. I am blessed that my employer still pays me on days that I am at jury duty, I know from talking others in my jury pool that this is not the case for many. Last week was pretty much perfect for being on jury duty because most of my big work projects for the semester were completed the week before.
So I sat, watched Gilmore Girls (I binged all week) and knit. I can't believe some people show up to jury duty with nothing to do or read. I think I would dislike jury duty if I didn't come prepared. If knitting and Gilmore Girls became uninteresting, I had two books packed as back up. I don't like having nothing to do.
I finished one knitted item, started and completed another and nearly finished another. I also got some time to spin yarn (after being dismissed for the day). I can't complain about jury duty with results like this.
I finished the Newborn Baby Blanket in Malibrigo Rios.
I used a new crochet bind off on this blanket and I think I am in love. It was the perfect bind off. I usually have a really tight bind off edge but not with the crochet bind off. It is definitely my new favorite.
I started and finished Oats in Cascade Pacific Color Wave.
I actually finished this one before the other so I used Jeni's Stretchy Bind Off which worked okay. I can still tell the difference between the cast on and cast off edges and I don't like that, but I can live with it. I need to get Miss D to pose for me wear this cowl (infinity scarf) to really show off its beauty.
I'l have to show you the rest in another post. The completion of these projects, brings me to my goal of 12 projects for the year already. I guess I really underestimated. Plus I made a ton of hats. So maybe I will now have to say hats don't count toward the 12.
So what are your feelings on jury duty? Do you go prepared? Should hats count toward my goal?
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