So we have a ways out, but it was good to find out realistically what will happen once I pick up my work visa. I like to be prepared.
We have rented out our condo for Sept. 1st so are currently debating where we are going to live for September as we wait for the visa. We have few options but it is between Nor. Cal and So. Cal. I am for staying in where ever has the best weather, but September in Nor Cal is pretty hard to beat, even in So Cal. I have mentally prepared to be out of Marin on September so I think that moving even 8 hours away might be easier than sticking around here and waiting. At least if we move somewhere, it will feel like this is happening. One thing Ty and I are not good at is waiting and being patient. It is a challenge for sure.
In the meantime, I have had the absolute pleasure of being called into Jury Duty. Originally it made sense for me to quit my job when I did, thinking we would be leaving for France on Sept. 1st. I thought I would have August to pack and tie up our loose ends, learn French and then we would leave.
Then... a lovely little piece of mail shows up in my inbox that completely messed with our pretty little plan. Now I am on a 3 week case for jury duty. We have Wednesdays off which has just become my unofficial moving day. Thank you god, wherever you are.
So much for getting that great tan and spending time with friends and family before we leave. I mean packing.. and learning French.
Its funny how life works and how our cards are dealt. It seems to be no coincidence that I happened to have this month off and I get put on a 3 week trial.
Hey, I did need a part time job. Ask and you shall receive... Not exactly what I was thinking but I guess I will take it. At a whopping $15 a day, I just don't even know what I will do with myself. You can't even buy a decent bottle of wine for that. Not even a tank of gas.
At least I am doing my civic duty. This is my 2nd time around. Next time, I will be busting out an excuse, I don't care. I really don't know why I wasn't more ballsy with the excuses. You should have heard the things people were coming up with to get out of this. Its definitely a dance to get out of jury duty, you have to be prepared with back story and the regular financial hardship excuse needs to be followed up with written letter depicting why. They are not letting people off that easy anymore which is good. A small part of me feels good for doing my duty, especially before we leave the country. It feels very American to be part of the justice system which is so privy to our country alone. Timing absolutely sucks, lets be honest, but the timing for Jury Duty is NEVER good. I am sucking it up and trying to make the best of it, if sucking it up means complaining about it via blog. Maybe I will learn something. It sure as hell has not been like the episodes of Boston Legal that make court look sexy, funny and exciting. Uh.. ya I wish. Just being in a courtroom and entering security like at the airport everyday is making me feel like a criminal, hardly sexy at all. We feel like we are in some kind of jail, having to break when they tell us, taking lunch at an exact time, its not a great feeling that is for sure. Also walking by shady people there is making me paranoid. All wonderful walks of life fill this establishment, waiting for their time to enter the courtroom. It definitely makes me really never want to do anything bad. Well not bad enough to take me back to that place. A little bad sometimes can be a good thing.
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