Jury Duty: An eye-opener

So I have been on Jury Duty for the whole day yesterday and I am back here again, at the Los Angeles Courthouse, AGAIN, because I have not been interviewed. If you live in L.A you'd understand the traffic of L.A.---HIDEOUS! So I had my handy-dandy U.S Army soldier brother, drop me off and pick me up. Needless to say, I was scared. This is MY FIRST Jury Duty experience. I came home crying. I cant speak of the case, but it really tore me up. As I was crying I was trying to make sense of the bad in life. I know I have done so pretty messed up shit in my life. I wont sit here and pretend I am miss goody-goody. I am far from that. I have lied, stole and cheated...Yeah, I said it. But at least I can own up to my own faults, I can own up to my own actions. This case really has me thinking about the day I become a parent. 

This was L.A Tuesday

I came home crying. In tears, sobbing...In all honesty, I just wanted my mom. I wanted her to comfort me and I wanted to feel the fur of my dog Chloe. I just wanted to be home. I seriously felt like I was in prison. My mom, like always, comforted me. In fact, Monday night, my mom made sure I had a Weight Watcher friendly lunch and goodies packed. Thanks to my mom, I had a 4 point Sandwich, 0 point Carrots, 0 point oranges, 2 point string cheese and a 2 point fun dip. Last night she made sure of the same thing. 
I thought about freedom.
I seriously felt like I was a prisoner. No sunlight. Just walls and bright lights. If that was some kind of prison, I sure damn didn't like it. But it had me thinking about life...I would NEVER want to be the one on trial. I would never want to come home to NO ONE....It's an ugly feeling. Its also sad feeling to know some ACTUALLY don't have freedom, don't have a mom to comfort them when they get home.
Needless to say, this Jury Duty experience, has been...well, has been an eye opener...
I think we all take things for granted. Our health, family, friends, food, houses, money....

What have you became grateful recently?