Ok, once again i'm looking into going to this. No promises, but if we could find out some details. Yas, is the hotel thing still an option? Gimme a call and maybe we could figure something out.
If where you live is anything like Connecticut, you can most definitely postpone jury duty. I got a letter saying I had to go in February, but I didn't feel like it, so I requested that it be postponed until June. You don't even need to give a reason.