What are the Chances?

A couple of weeks ago a letter appeared in my mailbox with those happy four letter words smiling up at me: JURY DUTY. It seems my presence is required at such and such room on such and such date, after calling this number after this time and referencing this number and then following the directions.

I brought the paper with me to work, intending to tell the teacher I work with about my potentially missing some days in October, and lo and behold, she had gotten the same happy summons a few days before me! What are the chances, right?

The speech therapist came in that morning, and we were joking around with her about something; at one point I teased, "Oh! Be sure to check your mailbox for a very important letter very soon!" When she looked questioningly at us we told her about our dual summons, and she unhesitatingly said, "Oh, I already got mine -- yesterday."

Sure enough, all three of us have the same week.

Now, the chances of all of us getting called to come in on the same day are pretty slim, right? Our principal decided we'd all just do our duty thing -- call in each evening to see if we have to report -- and hopefully we'll be able to wrangle the schedule if one, two, or all three of us DO have to go in.

Oh, and there is a case coming up soonish that I know about... remember the respite worker we had who was later arrested for killing her boyfriend?

But come on... what are the chances that THAT would be the case I'D get called to jury duty for?