Jury Duty

I'm convinced there is some cosmic force against me. My husband and I have been married for 5 1/2 years and during that time I have been called for jury duty 5 times. How is that possible? I'm not talking called like I'm in the pool of prospective jurors for a year, I'm talking like called, had to show up at the court house, and questioned to see whether or not I'm fit to sit on the jury. Unfortunately, I am not one of those people who thinks being called for jury duty is some wonderous adventure. I prefer to go about my normal routine, go to work, pick up the kids, etc. etc. Jury duty greatly disrupts my normal routine. And not knowing until the night before whether or not the case is preceding as scheduled? Talk about an inconvenience! And don't even get me started on the whole not knowing how many days it could go on. As I get my summons, I get the pleasure of listening to my husband go on and on about how it is my civic duty and I should consider it a great pleasure and blah, blah, blah. All this coming from the man who, in the 5 1/2 years that we have been married has never even received the letter at the beginning of the year for potential jurors.
So yesterday I show up for my 5th jury duty in as many years and I sit. My name is about 3/4 of the way down the list so I am not immediately called to the jury box. Instead I sit as they weed out the prospective jurors, knowing full well that I should be able to leave as in this particular case, I know too many of the parties involved. Instead, I am forced to sit through 3 hours of this selection process, only to not be selected as I knew I wouldn't be. As I head out to the clerk's office to receive my "compensation", I am told that because I didn't actually sit on this jury my name will be thrown back in to the pool for the rest of the year. My excitement is overwhelming.