So earlier in the month I had jury duty and was selected for a trial that happened today. It was a civil suit between a homeowners association and a tenant. They whole thing was over a 11×18 deck that was removed because the basement was leaking and it was in the way.The woman paid about $1300 to have it built and wants $7150 now to have it replaced. She had it built with free labor and the deck was 8 years old so we gave her $1980.

The jury sat around in the little room from 9am to 11:20am, heard openings and the woman's 2 witnesses then broke for lunch. at 1:30pm we came back to sit around for another 30 minutes to find that we just had closing arguments to hear. We heard them then deliberated for about 20-30 minutes, and then were out at about 3pm.

fun times……

So the past week or so has been crazy. Last week was spent prepping Christmas presents. The last part of the week Bridgit and I hung out with my family. I sung in the midnight mass choir at Holy Trinity then on Christmas morning my family opened presents and played Cranium. Then I went to Bridgit's Grandmothers in Dearborn. That was followed by exchanging gifts with her immediate family. The next day we had breakfast at Dan and Betsy's with a bunch of friends before mass. After mass we went to Bridgit's aunt and uncles for brunch, then to Michael and Kathleens to see Thersea open her presents. The we had dinner. Yesterday I went to Dan's to start candy then a bunch of us (Sarah, Dan, Dan, Eric, Holly, Bridgit, and I) went XC skiing at Hudson Mills. This might be a good time to add that Bridgit got me new, beefy, ski boots. We then made pizza and then went to Dan and Betsy's to get rid of some wine.

As you can see its been a hectic few days.

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!!!!

I had jury duty this morning, it wasn't too bad. I got selected for a civil suit that goes to trial on the 29th. At least I am done with classes and finals then.

The concert was great. I went with Bridgit, Holly, Abe, Bob, and Brenden. Griffin House opened, and they were so great that we bought both of their albums. OtR was awesome as usual. They only did 2 encores, and the second was only Karin doing one song. Last year we got 3 encores out of them…

Its December and that means that it's time for Over the Rhine to be in Ann Arbor. We've got tickets and the past 2 years it has been a great show.