This is going to be a jam-packed week for me and my civic duties. We all know what is happening on Tuesday. A huge election on many fronts. I haven't been this excited for an election since November 1992 when fellow Hoya, Bill Clinton, was running for president and actually pulled it off. I was a senior and remember us opening our apartment windows looking out on the Henle courtyard and people screaming and cheering as the returns came in. This time around, the stakes seem higher as I now have a mortgage, retirement savings and all the other responsibilities that go along with it. I won't tell you who to vote for (Obama), but as Jason says in his goofy way (Obama), "Vote early and vote often!" You'll find Jason and I clicking back and forth between PBS, CNN and NBC for much of tomorrow night. I'm making popcorn!
As if that isn't enough, I have jury duty too. I had my jury instruction last week and tomorrow return to the courthouse for the first of two selection days this month. Call me a dork, but I find this whole experience interesting and exciting. Jason is so jealous. This is the second time I've been called, once before in Massachusetts but didn't get on a jury, and he has never been called. We're both dorks. Maybe that's why we fit so well together. Many people keep asking me if I tried to get out of it. Let's see... I don't work and my kids are in school... they'd laugh in my face. My mom said it 'isn't fair that busy people get picked, it should be all retired people.' Like that is a jury I'd want sitting in judgement of me!
So this week I get to have my say and vote, and there's a chance I could sit on a jury. How great is it to be an American?!
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