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I hope everyone has a great day and doesn’t stress too much :)

I just got picked, and my job offers no jury duty pay. I claimed financial hardship, but the judge said half the potential jurors did, so she would “probably not” excuse me due to finances. Indeed, she did not. Consequently, I won’t be able to both pay rent and feed myself adequately next month unless the case settles immediately. So now I get to make some very fun meal planning choices involving far less food. I was hoping to be eligible for plasma donation, but I’m just barely too light.

The worst part is, I would be so excited to serve if I wasn’t poor. I really don’t want to “get out of jury duty”, I just can’t afford to serve. I keep thinking I should have argued my case (ha!) for fina

I’m updating a bit sooner than I thought I would because Tiger, the big old guy I posted about yesterday, got adopted today! Not by me, though. I had decided not to ask the shelter to hold him for me because a) I don’t think they do that and b) I knew it would be a few more days before I could take him home, and I wanted him to go to a loving home asap, even if it wasn’t mine.

I went to visit him today only to find he wasn’t there. When I asked the staff about him, they said he’d been adopted just a few hours prior. I’m so glad he’s safe and (hopefully!) settling in, probably having his first dinner in his home. I’m just a little torn up that I almost certainly won’t see him again. But I tr