A letter

Dear Awesome Summer Employer For Whom I am Truly Excited to Work,

I am sending you this letter advising you of the following. I have received your letter confirming the terms of my summer employment. You suggested a start date of Tuesday, May 27. Unfortunately, I am slated for jury duty in state court on Wednesday, May 28. I have used my postponements already, so I must appear on that date.

Sure, I am going to show you how oh-so-flexible I am -- I'll offer to start earlier and/or work later into the summer. What I haven't told you is that I am an idiot.

See, I had to postpone last time because I was scheduled for duty during December exams. I was originally re-scheduled for May 19, which would have been fine and dandy for your summer employment schedule, but I had a mandatory journal related thing I had to do that day. So I blew my second and final postponement by asking the court to bump me up a week.

Let the record reflect that this was before I secured employment and figured if I ever did get a job, it would start in June.

So here's why I am an idiot. The mandatory journal thing is on the 15th, not the 19th. So I blew my chance at postponement AND created this conflict all because I didn't double check the date of the journal thing.

Best regards,

your-otherwise-awesome-uber-qualified-summer-associate

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In the grand scheme of things, is this a big deal? Really?

No, of course not.

But I hate that I am causing "problems" before I even start.

Mostly because I haven't exactly mentioned the I-have-a-kid thing yet. Or that in mid-summmer, husband-is-leaving-for-three-weeks-so-I-will-be-solely-responsible-for-said-kid-thing yet.