Spanish Word of the Day - Obligacion de jurado - the nearest translation I can come up with for Jury Duty.

Now I think it would be an interesting experience to be on a jury, but this whole call in the night before thing is really getting annoying. Before I left on Friday I had to make all my lesson plans and leave little notes for the sub just in case I had to go in... but here I am doing the same thing for tomorrow. sigh.

I suppose I can't complain, what with the week or two that mi amiga Melissa has been having. She's a social worker for the elderly. About a week ago, she was making a home visit and the SWAT team closed off the block for two hours and raided a house three down from her. Then she got to witness a takedown of a female armed robbery suspect as she tried to flee the scene. When they finally did allow her to go home, she had to be escorted to her car to make sure noone was hiding in or under it.

Then later in the week, she was on another home visit, talking to the daughter of one of her clients downstairs. They hear a thump from upstairs, and they walk up to find her client on the floor, dead. She tried CPR until the paramedics arrived, but it was rather obvious the lady was gone.

I'm so glad I don't have a job where people die on me. Really. They just leave.

Anyway, my weekend was pretty bland. I went to the area Rainbow Ritual Competition to teach the girls some crochet and lend general support. Then afterwards Mom, Nikki and I went out for Claim Jumper. Yum. Then I went back to Mom's for a date with the washing machine and Turbo Tax. I'm actually getting moolah back from CA this year! I love teacher tax credits!

Sunday was a Vegetable Day. I slept in, watched about 8 episode of Season 1 Alias, and read. It was hot. Really hot, especially when I wasn't ready for it. I didn't open all my windows or turn on my ceiling fan like I usually would have.

Tonight is a Chorale Board Meeting. Two Words - Whoo Hoo. Hoping my sister cleaned up her mess in the living room... because she's not going to like it if I have to clean up.