my civic duty

so i finished jury duty today. i've been on jury duty since last wednesday. we sat in the box until today and we settled the case today. it was a civil suit and we were just awarding monies. i'm actually happily surprised that we ruled the way we did. i thought it was going to take a while longer for the 12 of us to agree on such things. our forewoman lady was really pushy - she came into jury duty stating she loved jury duty and she felt like she was on vacation. apparently this is the 4th time she's been on a case and she actually calls if she doesn't get her notice - how weird! the plantiff was asking for $1.5 million - from medical bils (past and future) and pain and suffering (past and future). i think they were a little disappointed when we awarded $27,074 - and $11K was for medical bills alone. that's too bad really because a third is going to the attorney. what a waste of time - the accident happened 5 years ago. anyway, six and a half more weeks til i become mrs. lopez - ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!