Aimee's Day in Court

Last week Aimee fulfilled her civic duty by serving as a juror on a criminal trial.

She called in for duty each day the week before and was told not to report. But on Friday she was summoned to the juror pool and ended up getting selected for a case that was set to begin the following Monday.

The trial lasted just two days, a simple assault case with no witnesses other than the two drunks who were involved. In the end there wasn't enough convincing evidence to convict and the jury voted to acquit.

Aimee was Juror #10 and she was selected by her fellow jurors to be the foreman. Naturally, she did a great job and yesterday she got her reward:  a check from the county for $36!

A Win is a Win

Saturday Aimee and I got to watch the ND-Va. Tech game and it was a tough one to watch at times.

Not as bad as the Michigan game, that one was a disaster. At least then there was a World Series game we could switch to.

But this one sure looked like it was not going to work out - even on the final drive when they needed to convert multiple 4th downs to keep going. It was a real nail-biter and we're glad they won but such a close game against a 17-point underdog is not what you hope for.

They may win the rest of their games (and we hope they do) but it's clear they're not ready to take on the big guys again anytime soon.