Low Energy
Jury duty usually ends at 4, so I’m often home before 5. I thought this schedule would leave me several useful, productive hours each evening: time to catch up on the work that I’m missing, or even just work on things around the house. At the very least, I thought I’d spend time writing about my jury experience, even if I can’t publish it until later.
Instead, I find myself completely wiped out each evening. I don’t feel physically tired; just unable to put my mind to anything. Spending all day concentrating super-hard on the testimony of not-necessarily-interesting witnesses just fries my brain a little, I guess.
We start deliberations this Friday. The judge has tentatively extended our schedule through next Tuesday, but I honestly have no idea how long it will take to reach a verdict. I have a sneaking suspicion we’re going to be surprised by how differently all the jurors think about this case, but we’ll see.
Ha ha … your description of tiredness sounds WAY too familiar! Hopefully it will go away when jury duty ends, though. I can’t wait to hear about the trial!
Comment by Kathy Brantley — 2/22/2006 @ 11:00 pm
I know what you mean. I haven’t had jury duty, but working for a law office I’ve had to sit through some of that stuff. It does make you very mentally wiped. Hopefully everyone will agree and you can be done quickly.
Comment by Becca — 2/23/2006 @ 3:26 am