Always in the Jury Pool

...never a juror? I have jury duty tomorrow. I have always wanted to serve on a jury and I have often heard that lawyers love librarians since we are interested in facts and the truth, are good with detail, etc. But alas, they don't seem to like me. :-( And now I wonder if my cop status will make me weeded out even faster.

Today my right arm is pretty sore from annual qualification yesterday. Mudflap and I went together and he borrowed my shotgun. I love shooting the shotgun but it's amazing how 12 rounds can take their toll! The academy even has an 8-hour tactical shotgun course--does that sound like fun or what!--but I am hesitant b/c I shudder to think how bad my arm, shoulder, and chest will feel after 8 hours of that. Anyway, I did well yesterday although I only scored a 213; 196 is passing. My highest score ever was 238 or 240 (I think 280 is the highest score possible) and that's when I earned my "Police Sharpshooter" certificate! So a score of 213 is only fair shooting in my estimation. Mudflap did badly and failed and he's shooting a damn idiot-proof Glock with a rubber grip recoil absorber! There were 4 of us shooting at the same time and Mudflap and the other female failed, she also shooting an idiot Glock. But since it was the end of the day and there was no one else around, they "let" Mudflap and the female try again, which they are not really supposed to do. Mudflap barely squeaked by with a passing score of 196 after I gave him some shooting pointers, and he promised to come to the range with me when I go. The female failed again, which sucks for her.

I don't understand why someone would want to become a cop and then never spend time at the gun range. I really enjoy shooting very much and just wish I could afford to shoot more often. I used to go at least once a month. It's the only sport I've ever not sucked at and I've done some pretty impressive shooting in my day, if I do say so myself.

In other news, we had an absolutely lovely time on Saturday night at the wedding reception! We were all there: me, S, the baby (wearing a purple princess dress), my mom, stepdad, aunt and uncle. It was so fun and the venue was very cool with a wonderful eclectic vibe. The food was great, the company was great, and the cake was superb: everything you want in a good wedding reception! But because I had to clean guns on Sunday morning and then was out with Mudflap the rest of the day, I did not have time to get the pic's off my camera. Tonight is my monthly sheriff's meeting so give me a few days and I'll post the pic's eventually.

"Mawwaige." (From the Princess Bride.) We have another wedding next month and this time it's actually one of S's friends. He has to rent a vest and we are a little put out by that. At least my friends know better than to rope me into their ridiculous wedding spend-fests!