Yesterday's report, a late post

[deborahjross]

So I called the jury people (on Friday) and told them that as a self-employed (not
to mention overstressed and overcommited) person, I could not devote
15-20 hours per WEEK for the next YEAR to serving on a Grand Jury.

And now, for my next act of sanity...

I spent most of Saturday watching LOST IN AUSTEN ("turn off brain,
comfort food time") and stitching up knitted teddy bears preparatory
to stuffing them, also tidying up a story to submit for the next SWORD
& SORCERESS. Pottering in the garden, picking asparagus and snow peas
for dinner, the latter to go in a salad, the lettuce and arugula of
which I will get shortly. Took Cleo (cat, age 16) to vet for thyroid
check -- she's holding her weight, hooray! Napped.

Then after dinner, more teddy bear construction while watching
part 2 of a CAMPION episode with Beloved Spouse.

Comments

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

I don't blame you for not wanting to serve on a jury like that. :(

I can't think of many workplaces that would be happy for staff to have that much time off anyway. :(

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

The Grand Juries get to set their own hours, and many choose to meet at night for some of the time. That may be a plus for people who work day jobs, but I'm so trashed after a year of night classes, I definitely don't want to drive the 35 minutes into town after dinner!

More than that is the "recovery time" because I'm overstressed to begin with. I suspect I'd lose 2 days of writing for every day of jury work. Gotta keep my priorities straight!