Well I got a summons to appear for jury duty today...I was pretty excited about it until I saw that it was for Leavenworth County....uh yeah...Doesn't the DMV somehow inform the former state that you don't live there anymore? They take your license for crying out loud, don't they send it back or something? Maybe they don't, so anyway I filled out the happy form and where it asked for my roundtrip mileage from the courthouse to my residence I proudly wrote down 2,261 miles. That should give them second thoughts in including me...they're supposed to pay mileage, and I just don't think that's in the budget. I was a little bummed though...I kind of think it would be fun to serve on a jury...provided you actually got a decent case and not something like "Your dog peed in my yard so I'm suing..." They probably give that case a jury, but it is Kansas...ya never know... The other thing that made me giggle is where the address is It's titled Greetings to: Tracy L Allen...such cheer. They should open the letter with something like You, Yes You! Have won a trip to the courthouse! Congratulations! You will enjoy an endless week of deliberations, half spirited arguments, and clueless witnesses...all from the comfort of your own top of the line genuine plastic juror's chair. You and eleven of your closest friends that you never knew you had will review hours of pointless irrelevant evidence, argue and beat each other into submission in order to come up with a unanimous verdict. You will be paid $10 a day, refused a lunch break, and be kept until allowed to go home. It will be an experience you will never forget! And if you choose not to appear, we will arrest you and put you up in the luxurious .25 star accomodations of the Leavenworth county jail....all this and so much more can be yours just by answering the questions on the form honestly and returning within 3 days. Oh it's just too good to be true!
That would be so much more amusing. I should write for these people, I'm in the wrong profession!

So we're on week number two in adventures in potty training...it sucks. I do not know what I'm doing, and it's not like I can force the child to do it. It's times like these I just thank God that I'm potty trained.... : )

Happy Birthday to Ruthanne today! She's the big 2-7...wow you're gettin' up there girl! : ) Sure I'm a whole whopping 8 months younger than you, but I'm still only 26! : ) I so came close to just driving out there this weekend, but then Janie had another $90 vet appointment...damn those ear mites! We'll still see you at the beginning of September!

Well back to work! Jimmy's jumping off his bed again....


posted by Tracy 14:05

Well I've become the regular housewife...I have a quiche in the oven, and the kids are happily playing in the other room. Pretty nuts....I guess it is good practice should I ever find myself in this position..... : P

So I got myself a kitty today, I am SO excited! Tim told me that I could get my own feline friend if I wanted, so I didn't waste any time. I adopted a 12 week old bundle of joy from a rescue today. Her name is Janie and she's a beautiful tortoise shell kitten. She's still getting used to life here. She basically lives under my bed, hopefully that will change soon...She about gave me a heart attack today when she escaped from the bathroom where I had contained her while I dealt with the kids. The door hadn't latched, and I was unaware of that, so she got out, and I couldn't find her anywhere. I looked everywhere at least six times and I was convinced that she had gone around to the other side of the bathroom and crawled under the jacuzzi tub. I had been an idiot and left that door open and I was sure she was a gonner. I have no clue what's under there, and I'm sure it's not safe...the plumber needs to come pu the panel on the side so there's no opening. But anyway, I panicked and was half in tears, I hadn't even named the cat yet, and she was gone already. Finally I sat down and calmed myself down and went back to one of my closets and started pulling things out. She was cowering behind one of my boxes...where I had sworn that I had looked at least six times. But she's okay now, I'm much happier...she's really adorable, I'll have to take some pictures.

More later, I have a screaming child....


posted by Tracy 16:57

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