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I've actually never been on a jury or even been called for jury duty when I wasn't working 80-100 hours/week doing things no one else could do but me.

At one point I thought I'd like to be on a grand jury (especially a federal grand jury) and still might like to do that. But NOT if I had to drive an hour and 40 minutes both ways to do it!

I deleted the other note because I was going to say that I thought a woman here had survivor benefits but had remarried before age 60 but that wasn't the case. Weird distinction. I guess it used to be that anytime you remarried you lost survivor benefits but they changed it at some point.

Your scale has been snickering - you do know that right?

What a great activity! So much learning is happening in addition to just the vocabulary part. And how rewarding to energize the kids!

So basically the same as in Florida. Here I would probably do it if it was nearby (and scheduled while I am here) because it is a fairly easy courthouse to get in and out of.

Liz, many good thoughts for your daughter. A repeat biopsy is no fun. Even if they numb you up appropriately, its unpleasant, but sometimes they're too cavalier about women's pain when it comes to our reproductive systems.

I'm 100% in agreement about needing a decent amount of protein. Its such a struggle when you're eating small amounts of food. I'm always sure I'll do better in the summer, but that hasn't been the case ... but I can't wait until summer, so I'm trying harder today. Target goal for the day is in sight.

Paula, it's sobering/infuriating to hear how many of your small group has been impacted by sexual abuse/assault. Sometimes it's hell to be a woman. (Not to diminish the fact that men/boys also suffer). Surviving and thriving is the best outcome. Whatever they tried to do, they couldn't put out the spark. As Miss 150 posted one time, something to the effect of get out of my way, I've got magical **** to do.

Diane keep up with your million eye drops and your protein. You've got magical **** to do too. And a new niece soon. Talk about real magic!!!

Ann your book club sounds divine. I had a group like that, our Controversy Club. I loved we had people in the group of varying viewpoints and I was proud of our discussions and ability to hear each other out. Sadly, one of our members whose intelligence and wit I so admired, even though we are on different ends of the political spectrum, has fallen down a rabbit hole since retirement. I seem to make her angry when I didn't before. I'm losing interest in trying to keep the peace with her. I was willing to try for awhile because we'd had many great years together, but I think it's run it's course.

I had a lot of fun with my new vocabulary activity. The kids were humming with energy as they got their slides together. Each student will be teaching the others their assigned word, using definitions, parts of speech, antonyms and synonyms , sample sentences and visuals for their assigned words. And I can look at each slide deck and help edit before they present, insuring they look so competent before their peers. I also presented the activity to 12 other staff this morning, and we had a great discussion about how to tweak it for different groups of students. We all gave a pretest, will do the activity, then a post test and compare data to see if any of it was effective. This is the stuff I enjoy, not those stupid reports.

It's in the 50s here today!! A taste of spring.