Sorry I’ve been off the grid lately. My sister was visiting this weekend which was fabulous. She even joined me for part of my long run on Saturday. I did 2 miles out and back with her and then went out for another 1.5 out and back for 7 miles total. My sister said I was a good pacer. I rarely run with people, especially a person who i is built similarly to me – so it was interesting to see her as a pseudo mirror of me running.
My rage however comes from this week. I had to report for jury duty. I was somewhat excited for jury duty. I however was not excited that jury selection for a Capital Murder Case was starting this week. Luckily I was able to get removed from that pool due to some work commitments over the next few weeks – although seeing the defendant was scary. I did sit on a jury for another case today, but there was a mistrial due to a number of circumstances. I am really worried about our judicial system. I’m worried about the defendant’s next trial. I would have found him not guilty based on the point we were at. The mistrial could have be avoided, easily if people weren’t so dumb and made bad decisions. I really worry about being judged by my “peers.” Yes going back and forth to the court house for 2 days was annoying, but you knew about this for MONTHS. So many folks didn’t seem invested in justice, including people working IN the justice system. I’ll stop ranting. I’m back to work tomorrow and my reguarly scheduled life.
However all of my jury rage lead to a fantastic 5K that I ran tonight without my ipod and I shreded. I needed to sweat out my emotions. I also went to spin yesterday and it was one of my better classes. I rocked it and I bet it was due to all the sitting and stewing for jury duty.
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