Sicy sorry, but I was glad to hear that it wasn't going to be in my town I walk right by the SJ courthouse every day on my way to work and it would have been a nightmare.
I had to serve on a jury for two weeks on a murder trial ( a husband killed his wife ) and even though I find the whole jury court thing to be interesting, it was very stressfull!!! I had bad dreams for weeks after that.
Just read the paper every day if you want to be excused if you are chosen. Several people who were called when I was had raised their hands when the judge asked if they had read that mornings paper and were all excused from jury service.
One time I had to serve on a federal court case and I swear, I had absolutely no idea what they were talking about I felt so stupid So I just told them, I have no idea what you're talking about "Thank you you're excused." If all else fails, play dumb.. lol.