I was one of the "oh so lucky" people who was called for Jury Duty last week in our County seat of Martinez. Now don't get me wrong I really don't mind doing my service and I am more than happy to put criminals behind bars even though trials can be very long and boring.  The thing is its June. June, June, June, one of the busiest months of the year for us stagers and to be called away from work to maybe sit on a jury for up to two or three months just doesn't work for me.

I tried my best to get it differed, but since I deferred already this year in April, another busy month, they were not letting me off this time. Therefore, I moved my appointments around and went in every day waiting for the moment that they would let me go. Every time they picked a new person to interview I would cross fingers on both hands and my toes and I would never make eye contact with the clerk.  I waited, and waited, and waited.  Three days of jury selection - it was excruciating. Meanwhile, I would  answer voice mails on the breaks and work on my lap top at lunch.  During one of these breaks I received a call from Randy a local Realtor who found me on Active Rain and wanted me to bid on a property!

It's so nice to know that even though I was doing almost nothing to generate business for those three days my Active Rain blog was still percolating business for me. 

At the end of the third day at four minutes to 4:00 I was dismissed from service. I ran out the door, hopped in my car and met Randy the Realtor at the property.  Even though I was biding against another stager whose bid was less than mine, I got the job.  Randy like my profile and photos on Active Rain and could see that we do quality work.

Two days later we staged. Another success story right here on Active Rain!.