Beautiful

I'm ashamed to admit it's taken until March, but I finally went on my first outdoor ride of 2007. It's hard enough to motivate in the winter, what with it being dark by the time I leave work and the cold and all, but this winter was especially snowy, icy, and cold. I got out of the habit of daring the elements on my bike early on and never quite got back to it. Luckily it was a gorgeous afternoon and I was actually able to ride in a t-shirt. I needed a few miles to get comfortable, but the hours on spinning bikes paid off as I was able to ride for almost two hours and felt great. Most enjoyable.

I had the time because I was called to jury duty today and got dismissed in the middle of the afternoon. I think it's an important duty and was intrigued to experience the whole process, but was glad to not be selected because it let me out on a beautiful day and it's not a good week to be gone from work. Back to the grind tomorrow. Really the entire morning amounted to waiting. We showed up at 8:00, but didn't see a lawyer or judge until the afternoon. Most annoying, but at least I had a book. We were a pool of 20 for a criminal case that only needed six jurors, so my chances were pretty good. I only said one thing during the 90 minutes of lawyer questioning that led to the juror selection, but I guess it was enough. I'd be really curious to know just what the lawyers were thinking and looking for during a session that I found most boring, repetitive, and inconsequential. I have a feeling they were watching our reactions and body language as much as listening to what we said.