child at heart

this week has been very interesting. its been busy and hectic and full of new experiences, but to be honest i have really enjoyed every minute of it…. minus the not seeing Grafton all week. that part actually stinks A TON.

this week i had jury duty, the first time ive ever been called for it. i was kind of nervous about the whole thing to be honest but it ended up being real interesting and i enjoyed it. on monday my panel was called for jury selection for a civil case. i was selected to be on the actual jury and we started a will contestment case. i know i can talk about it but i dont want to really give much of the details, just for the protection of everyone involved. basically out of 9 children, 4 of them had been left out of the will and they were not real happy about it. so they were fighting and saying that the father was not mentally competent when he revised his will in 2007. these children had pretty much had no contact with the rest of their siblings since his death in september 2009. how sad was the whole thing. hmm, it really upset me that people would let their greed do that to their own family. after a day and a half of trial we went into deliberation and about 3 minutes later we had a verdict that we were keeping the validity of the renewed will.

on Wednesday my panel was called again for a criminal case and i once again was selected to sit on the actual jury. i however can not talk about this case much in all honesty. after a day of trial we went in for deliberation and an hour later we were dismissed for the day due to time constrictions. we went back this morning at 9a and left at 3p with the unfortunate decision that we were a hung jury and no matter how much we tried we would not be able to reach a unanimous decision and were let go and the case became a mistrial. that case will have a new jury picked for it on monday and the trial will happen again.  that really did stink in my opinion.

on that same note this week had been kind of crazy being in and out of court all day. i havent had any time really to work out and only one day did i do a walk at home dvd, which we all know is not the same as walking 2+ miles outside everyday. bleh, as well as not having good eating habits since we havent had much time everyday for lunch. with that i gained 1 pound this week. boo. but its not the end. just a minor setback. so next week (starting tomorrow since im excused from jury duty) i will start walking again regularly and eating better and get back into my routine. i still feel great and i could have sworn i had lost weight this week but it could have just been water weight from not drinking enough water. to many possibilities.

and lastly my best friend wawa has officially set a date for her wedding…. FEBRUARY 5, 2011!!! :] it is incredibly exciting. she asked me tonight, in a real creative hand made card with a real cloth dress on the front, to be her maid of honor. of course i said yes! and kt is her matron of honor. i love kt and cant wait to build a great friendship with her over the next 5 months. anyway, tonight we went and looked at dresses. awesome!!!! she narrowed it down to 3 beautiful, amazing, spectacular, wonderful choices and will go on saturday with her mom to hopefully narrow it down to more and/or pick THE dress. she looked phenomenal tonight and im so happy that she is finally getting married. we toyed around with some ideas re: bridesmaids dresses and i cannot wait until we go back and get that nailed down as well. so stinking amazing. my best freaken friend is getting married soon. joy truly abounds.