One time I got back late and the whole line of jury members was standing outside the courtroom waiting for me. I'll never forget it.
Didn't try that again.CarolC wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:00 pm Receive summons, show at courthouse 8 am, get called to panel of 40 at 10:15, assemble in courtroom for voir dire till 1:05. Judge says break for lunch till 2:15. Go up to bench and blurt out, "I'm interested in this case and I'd like to do this case, but I can't do it very well if we only have an hour and ten minutes for lunch--I have a paralyzed dog at home and I have to express her bladder." Kindest of all possible judges says lunch is usually longer, relax, go home and take care of it, we'll wait. Drive home, express dog, exercise hind legs 4 minutes, give dog snack, get in car and rush back downtown. Miss exit. Take another exit. Get lost downtown. Arrive at courtroom at 2:44. 39 other panelists are lined up in the hallway outside District Court waiting for Juror Number 32, who has kept them, the judge, assorted lawyers, the defendant and the entire family of the deceased waiting in an $8,250,000 wrongful death case for half an hour. I sent judge a thank you letter for his patience after I got voir dired off the panel. I suspect the defense and prosection both had Juror Number 32 at the top of their strike lists!
This time the plan is to put Pip in his playpen where he'll be safest. Then I'll leave Dolly in her crate without a diaper. I plan to go down on the bus and won't be able to come home for lunch. I don't want to leave her in a wet diaper from 7am to maybe 6pm. That's a long time not to have her blankets changed, either, but that's the plan.
I wonder what people do who run a whole rescue instead of just 2 paralyzed pets? They can't afford to spend 8-5 sitting in the courthouse with so much work that needs to be done.
I have a friend in England who said they are excused from jury duty if they have a dog requring care and live too far from court to go home. I wish we had that here!
I hope you're right! Pip and Dolly aren't going to have a great day. Millie (very senior non-disabled Yorkie mix) will have to hold it all day, too. 
Make sure to take phone, Fire, and any other amusements you can!
) and my Fire doesn't connect to wifi anymore. I looked up the error online but didn't find an easy fix. Sorry, not trying to be difficult. I'd be delighted to take the Fire with me. I should drive over to McDonald's parking lot and see if I can get it to work again. 
The only reason I even have a Kindle is a very-very nice person sent it for Christmas a few years ago. It was helpful, especially when we had the 4-day power outage but they somehow had wifi working at McDonalds. We had no phone, Internet, or radio, but I was able to connect at McDonald's because of the Kindle.
That doesn't sound hard at all, but I didn't know about it. 