Yay!

LOST is back! WOO HOO! And at its new time, 10 p.m. Booo... Oh well. I'll take it, since The Office is on at 9. Speaking of, I need to make sure the DVR is programmed... We just lost power for a couple of seconds, so it's resetting itself right now... Hopefully it'll be done before I need to make dinner.

In baby news, baby's been moving around a lot lately! It took a little longer than with Jeremiah, but that's okay! Better late than never. It sure is fun to feel her moving around, though not so much when she decides to kick my bladder... That's NEVER fun (though Jeremy thinks it's funny...)

Next week is a HUGE consignment sale down the street. Like, 100,000's of items... Crazy. I tried volunteering, but the spots I wanted filled up... I was just going to buck up and pay the $5 to shop that weekend, but after talking with my neighbor, I think I may consign a few things. She does it every year and you only need 10 items to consign. They deduct $5 from your total (and keep 50%) but you get to shop a day earlier. I plan on selling all my old maternity clothes that don't fit anymore. They're still in good shape, and I've got a bunch that I'll probably never get to wear again. It's just taking up space in my parents' and my basements, so might as well get rid of it. If I make some money, that's a plus! :) So we'll see how well that works out.

Okay, time to cook.

@ the farm...

Took Jeremiah to Frying Pan Park this morning, before naptime. It's so nice out, but all the kids around us are in school or daycare, so we headed across the street to look at the animals instead. He had a great time! We've taken him before, but this was the first time he seemed genuinely interested in the animals we were seeing. He found the turkeys funny, wanted to play with the goats (he probably thought they were dogs...) and was especially interested in the "duckies" (one of the few words he can say now! Though it kinda comes out like "dook--eees")

I think he was a bit confused at first, since the duckies he's used to seeing are all yellow, and these were black, brown and gray, but he warmed up to them, and kept trying to stick his fingers in the cage.

After a quick stop at the country store, we headed back home. He was pretty relaxed, and I thought he had fallen asleep. Nope! He's asleep now, though, and will probably take a nice long nap (hopefully!) After naptime--Walmart!

New Holiday!

Man, I wish we had one of these around here...

Stir Crazy, a 'crazy' asian restaurant, is hosting the very first "Expectant Mother's Day" on Sunday, May 4th. All expectant Moms get a free entree that day!

Unfortunately, we'd have to drive to Ohio or NY to take advantage of it... I just don't think a $13 meal is worth the drive to either state (though I'd love to go to NYC!)

Ah well. Guess I'll wait for Mother's Day a week after.

Ouch!

That was THE most painful American Idol moment I've ever had to witness...

Brooke White sang "You Must Love Me" from the movie version of Evita. She started singing it, got through the first line, started on the second, and totally lost her place! So what does she do--"I'm sorry... can we start that again?" And she did.

Had she been on Broadway, she would have never been able to get away with that! I mean, c'mon, can you picture the Phantom beginning "The Music of the Night" and two lines in, "Oops, can we start that over?" Totally kills the mood!

Anyways, I'm sure it'll be up on Youtube soon... I'll put it up here if I can find it. :)

Oh, and David Archuleta---"Think of Me" is NOT a POP song... As a die hard Phantom Phan, I couldn't bear to listen to it. Of course he gets props for making it modern, but he killed it for me... Don't mess with my Phantom!

And to be fair, Jason Castro, leave "Memory" to elderly 'primadonna pussycats'. Not a strong performance from America's favorite stoner.

Thumbs up to Syesha, David Cook, and Carly (even though I can't stand her.) I thought they did really well with all their songs.

Bottom three prediction: Definitely Brooke (who will probably go home, though she may have the sympathy vote this week,) Jason, and... I don't know. Probably Syesha, just because she doesn't have the fan base that everyone else does. Guess we'll see...

Found it!

The Dramatic.... groundhog?

We've had a visitor overstay his/her welcome recently... It started as a brief encounter, one of those, "Hey, how's it going, good to see you! Sure, make yourself at home! We'd love to have you!" And now... well, it looks like he's moved in and made himself quite a home... forever...

Or, we could just be a pit stop that appears to last longer than it does... Only time, and my flowers, will tell...

"Jess & Jeremiah Go To Krispy Kreme"

Sounds like a great movie...

And yes, we really did go to Krispy Kreme today. It wasn't planned, it just kinda.... happened.

Okay, well, here's what happened.

So I've been trying to get Jeremy to go to Buy Buy Baby with me so we can pick out a crib for #2. I've got their "Golden Ticket" (a.k.a. the elusive and rare 20% off coupon) that expires on May 12, so of course, I think we're running out of time! The rain made going out yesterday kind of a blah idea, so I was informed that I should "go while I'm at work tomorrow."

So I did.

This morning, Jeremiah woke up around 6! I know why, though... he's a light sleeper, and Jeremy had to get up early. All his rustling around ultimately woke Jeremiah from his gentle slumber, and he played in his crib for an hour or so before falling back asleep. I was also awoken, as Jeremy doesn't like to set his alarm for the time he needs to get up, but has it start going off at least 30 minutes prior. Ergo, every few minutes his alarm would go off, and wouldn't get turned off until I had punched him in the arm enough to wake him (at which point he would jump up in a frenzy thinking he had overslept... and then hit the snooze button for another 5 minutes...) Needless to say, by the time he was actually out of bed getting ready, I was wide awake and having a tough time returning to my previously blissful state.

Eventually, I did fall back asleep, and we (Jeremiah and myself) got up around 9. After a quick bite to eat (yeah right...) we were on our way to Buy Buy Baby! There was almost no one on the road, and with the rain falling, it was a very relaxing trip. Apparently, too relaxing for Jeremiah. By the time we were on the highway, he was fast asleep, even though nap time wasn't for almost two hours! So the decision to be made is do I wake him up once we get there, or try to extend our driving time to give him a longer nap? Well, I chose option 2, and decided that we need to keep moving, since any chance of a formal nap at that point is zilch. So where to go in Rockville? Krispy Kreme!

Well, it worked. Jeremiah and I got got there about 15-20 minutes later (Google was giving me a hard time with directions... said it couldn't understand my "start location" or something...) and as if on cue, he woke up as we pulled in. :) Got a few doughnuts, and headed on back to Buy Buy Baby. And that's house we ended up at Krispy Kreme.

Can't say it was worth it, though. Maybe it's because they went trans free or something else, I don't know, but what I do know is that I remember KK doughnuts being much better. Or maybe it's that I'm used to Shopper's doughnuts now (they're the best!) To me, KK just tasted 'overkooked', and kinda blah... AND the glaze fell off! As soon as ya took a bite, there goes all the glaze.

Yeah...

So I'm sticking with Shoppers for my 'donut kravings'. It's not worth driving 20 miles to KK to get overcooked and overpriced doughnuts. MAYBE if their "HOT" sign is on, but otherwise, I'll stick with my twice the size/twice as good/half the price Shoppers doughnuts.

Oh, and I didn't find a crib. Grr... I did finally get to see the crib I had planned on getting for Jeremiah, but after seeing it in person, I'm not sure if I like it anymore... It just seemed kinda cheaply made. So now I'm looking at a very simple modern looking crib, but it's not very tall, so unlike a normal convertible crib, I'd probably have to put something on the wall above it to fill the space (like her name or something, I guess...) I'm a little wary of that, even though I've put stuff above our bed (and our heads...) It's different when it's your baby... So we'll see. Jeremy promised he'd come with me to look at 'em, so I'm going to hold him to that! Otherwise, i'll just end up coming home with a Oeuf crib they had there... it's only $890 normally. Hey, 20% off, not so bad... ;-)

And there it is...

Canada takes lead in declaring BPA "toxic"

While Jeremiah's almost out of the "danger zone" (the small risk that there is...) we'll still be replacing our bottles and sippy cups with BPA-free versions in time for Jess Jr. Our Breastflow bottles definitely have to go--the risk is highest when the bottles are sterilzed in boiling water (which we did with those) and even higher levels are released when the plastic becomes scratched and cloudy (such as when using a brillo pad to wash them, as the kind maids in Mexico did while we were there.)

Since we never heat his bottles anymore (and haven't in a long time!) the risk for his Avent bottles is probably very small. But we will transistion out of those, as well as his sippy cups, over time. The only annoying thing about having to do so is that no one else makes 11 oz bottles... There are a couple of 10 oz bottles out there, but Jeremiah can polish off 11 oz and still ask for more, no problem (though he is starting to grow out of the 'bottle stage', so it may not be as big of a problem as we think.) Hopefully Avent gets with the program and makes a BPA-free version of their bottles soon, so we won't have to worry about it with Jess Jr.

There's a first (and probably last) time for everything!

Last night, Jeremy came home and mowed the lawn FOR THE FIRST TIME! When we bought the house, it was the end of August, and the summer heat had pretty much killed the grass. Well, not killed it, but there wasn't a lot of rain, so little growing occured. Needless to say, it did not require pruning last year.

This year, however, mother nature has been heaping helping after helping of rain on our lawn, and guess what??? It's grown out of control! Our neighbor's lawn care service were unwilling to negotiate a better rate for having three lawns to do all right in a row, so Jeremy decided he would try cutting it himself to see how bad it is. So we borrowed our neighbor's mower, and he got to work!

Well, he got the front done. :) It didn't take too long, maybe an hour or so, but that was mostly because he had to keep stopping to dump the trimmings. As you can see from the pic, there's quite a bit of grass there... If we stay on it, my guess is we won't be emptying the bag every five minutes or so.

I'm hoping he sticks with it. I wouldn't blame him, though, if he wanted to hire someone else to do it when it's 100 degrees out this summer. For now, it's a good workout for him (and saves us $30/week.)

Only problem is that Jeremiah seems to be quite afraid of the mower... Everytime Jeremy would start it up, Jeremiah would start crying, and wanting his Daddy. Nope, not even Mommy would do, he wanted his Daddy. He seemed very concerned... like he thought the mower was hurting his Daddy or something. I dunno. I hope he gets over that! Today, I turned on the handvac to clean out the groves on his highchair, and he started crying with that, too! He's very sensitive... :)

Of course, he has to pose for the camera, despite his tears...

Woot!

It's going to be in the 80's today and tomorrow! Sweet... Looks like next week will be slightly more normal, with highs in the high 60's, low 70's, but I'll take it all! In another month or so, it'll be in the 80's and 90's with high humidity, so we'll enjoy this while we can.

What's a Mom to do???

As a parent, our number one concern is the well-being of our child(ren). Especially as Moms, we're wired to protect our child at all costs. In this day and age of product advancements, recalls, and safety concerns, it's becoming increasingly difficult to know what's best for your baby. Well, things are about to get even more confusing.

Before I became a Mom, I'd never heard of "BPA", or bisphenol A. This chemical is used the production of many MANY different baby bottles, sippy cups, pacifiers, and even line formula containers. The FDA declared it safe, but new reports are showing that they may be wrong:

The National Toxicology Program went further than previous U.S. government statements on possible health risks from BPA.

It said: "There is some concern for neural and behavioral effects in fetuses, infants and children at current human exposures." The findings expressed concern about exposure in these populations, "based on effects in the prostate gland, mammary gland, and an earlier age for puberty in females."

The National Toxicology Program expressed "negligible concern" that exposure of pregnant women to BPA causes fetal or neonatal death, birth defects or reduced birth weight and growth in babies. It also had "negligible concern" that exposure causes reproductive problems in adults.

So far, the FDA hasn't budged, but an announcement from our neighbors to the north may begin to change that.

In Canada, the Globe and Mail newspaper said the Canadian health ministry was ready to declare BPA a dangerous substance, making it the first regulatory body in the world to reach such a determination. The newspaper said the ministry could announce the decision as soon as Wednesday.

Now, just because Canada says it's dangerous doesn't mean it is... but! They're not the only ones expressing concern. Other industrialized nations have also said that BPA could be harmful, and many companies have already decided to make the switch on their own (after they finish selling out of their current non-BPA Free stock.... like Nuby... we love their sippy cups, but they aren't switching to BPA free until later this year after they've sold through their current supply...)

Other companies have known from the beginning that BPA-Free was the way to go, such as Born Free, Adiri (they make the breast shaped bottles,) Medela, etc. These companies offer safe plastic alternatives, for those parents who don't want to switch to glass (yeah, I'm one of them... those things are tough, but I'm sure Jeremiah would find a way to break one...)

So what's a Mom to do??? I've got, probably, 2 dozen plastic battles that could be unsafe, at least 4 or 5 sippy cups, let alone the plastic plates and cups I've purchased to stave off the constant replacing of broken glasses and plates. I dunno... If Canada does make that announcement, it's gonna be tough to stick with what we've got...

In the mean time, I'm switching all of our registry items that could be "unsafe" to BPA free. Might as well start off right the 2nd time. Obviously, there is some concern there about the safety of these products, and even if problems are a rarity, why take that chance? Jeremy's not going to be happy if we have to replace everything (that'll be at least $100... better swing by Babies R Us and pick up more coupon books...) But, I think this is getting to big to ignore...

What's safe, what's not?
Plastic bottles may be harmful
BPA Free Portal

On a slightly related note, I recently learned that hot tap water isn't the safest thing to drink--lead from the pipes leaches into the water when it's hot. The concentration is not as high in cold water. Short lesson learned: don't use hot water for drinking or preparing food. Even in newer pipes that claim to be "lead free" can cause water to have higher lead levels than safety standards recommend. So for washing dishes, fine. For boiling pasta or having a cup of tea, start it cold.

What's next??

Oh yeah...

We've recently discovered that Jeremiah has several new teeth coming in! I counted 6 that have already broken through, with another one or two on their way. This probably explains why he's been waking up a lot at night, crying, for no good reason (usually falls back asleep on his own, but sometimes we'll pick him up to reassure him before putting him down on his "blankee".) My baby's growing up! :)

Halfway mark!

Well, today, we've reached the midpoint of our pregnancy with #2. And thus begins "the hump". See, first trimester, you don't even know you're pregnant for about 4 weeks, don't see your physician for another 4 weeks or so, then you get to hear the heartbeat at appointment #2, and bam! First trimester is over. Then you start the 2nd trimester, looking forward to "the big ultrasound" and then bam! Nothing. Nope, all ya have to look forward to once you hit 20 weeks is the GD test (gestational diabetes.) Yay... soooo exciting. At least around that time, you enter the third trimester, and it's all downhill from there!

BUT! For the next 8 weeks... nothing exciting going on, pregnancy wise. SO! We need to make our own excitment! This month is pretty quiet, though we had a nice weekend. Sunday we visited with Jeremy's old boss, Kevin, and got to meet their new baby (they live pretty close, which made it easier to get together.) That was nice. Except for when Jeremiah started screaming because their older daughter tripped going down the steps and hit her head on the trim.... Yeah, he's a sympathy crier. But he was fine after that---until he saw their "rocking horse". I don't know why, but ever since he saw the one at my cousins' house, he hasn't been the same... Yeah, so he started screaming then, too... And there was no way we could get him to NOT look at it. We tried hiding him next to Daddy, but nope, he kept pushing himself up so he could see it was still there... Sigh... Needless to say, we moved to a different room, and then he was fine.

We finally purchased our plane tickets for our trip next month. In case ya don't know, we're dropping Jeremiah off at Grandpa's (specifically "Grandpa's" because he's the one taking time off from work to hang out with his "favorite grandson,") and heading to Toronto for a wedding before flying to Vegas for a week of fun! Well, Jeremy's working part of that week, but we'll still have a good time! The pools will be open (at the lovely Pallazo hotel, part of The Venetian... very nice...) so that's probably where I'll spend my days before checking out a few shows at night. Planning on seeing Blue Man Group (for a second time), The Phantom Experience (they built the theater specifically for it!), and some Cirque de Soleil show (haven't decided which yet...) Jeremy wants to see Penn & Teller (not high on my list, but sounds like fun,) maybe Spamalot... We'll see (thank you US Government for that tax rebate!) Heck, it's fun just walking the strip, so I'm really looking forward to it--truly is an "adult Disneyworld".

June holds some good stuff, too. Jeremy's "best man" and former roommate are heading to the beach with his family, and will be stopping by here on their way. Of course, later in the month is my birthday, though we probably won't do anything major for it... It's just something to look forward to.

July will be spent at the pool, in some way, shape, or form. I'll probably head to my parents' house a few times a week, since it'd be private. I may try a public pool if necessary, but I'd rather not. I suppose we'll see!

And that's all the fun we've got planned for now. I'm hoping we can take a family trip sometime either in late June or July, and head to the beach or something, for a few days. I don't want to go anywhere far (and definitely don't want to fly with Jeremiah while 8 months pregnant...) so it'll probably be VA beach area, or somewhere in Maryland, perhaps... I dunno, just someplace where Jeremiah can play in the sand and splash in the water! I think he'd really like it (vs. last time when we stuck his feet in the Pacific and he started crying... of course, that was much colder water... hopefully this time, he'll be a bit more brave. :)

Yup, so 20 weeks down, 20 to go! Hope it goes by quickly! And bring on the nice weather again! We had two 80+ days late last week, and those days should be back again by the end of the week! WOO HOO! Life is good.

Splishy-splashy!

How sweet of him to humor me! :)

The Modern "Manly" Man

He's not afraid to wear pink. :)

(Yeah, his hair is sticking up in the front there... keeps wiping his nose with his fist, and then rubbing it into his hair... But look how sweet he looks!)

(Heading to church.)

Aww... What a cute pair, huh?? (I love this one!)

Booo...

Well, that stinks.

So, Saturday has unofficially become, "TV Day", since Daddy's home, and likes to watch his Fox News and CNN in the mornings. Then he'll take off somewhere, and I'll put it on Sprout! for Jeremiah (the toddler channel). Usually, Jeremiah will watch for a minute or two and then ignore it.

Today, though, was a bit different. Today, around 11:15, he decided he wanted to climb up onto the love seat with Mommy and watch it. So I got him all set up in the corner of the couch, and I sat in front of him with my laptop. He was surprisingly still.

I kept looking over at him, and sure enough, he was still watching the show. The third time I glanced his way, however, I got an unexpected surprise--he was asleep. This is the kid that NEVER falls asleep anywhere but his crib (and usually after several minutes of babbling to himself.) And here he was, fast asleep, on the couch (before nap time, too!)

Of course, I had to go get Jeremy--this is not something we'll probably ever see again! It was SO CUTE! Jeremy thought he'd fool around and put the remote in his hand. Makes the pics I snapped with my phone that much cuter.

And therein lies the "booo...." Unlike our regular camera, my phone doesn't auto-save. I'm 99.9% sure that I did push "SAVE", but when I looked in the folder, the pics were gone. BOOOOOO!! So unfortunately, we don't have proof that such an occasion occurred. You'll just have to take our word for it. :)

He must have been really tired... he didn't wake up when we picked him up, changed him, and then put him in his crib. He's NEVER EVER done that. NEVER! No matter how tired he is, he always wakes up when we move him, especially if we're changing his diaper. Guess those few sips of Jeremy's Americano (4 shots of espresso over ice) backfired and he crashed hard (not that I would have said he ever got all riled up. Just his normal self.)

Weird.

Okay fine...

I've decided that I'll share the news with ya'z after all. But if you haven't guessed in the baby poll yet, please take a moment to do so! I know, it's silly, but it makes me happy to see people guess!

And now.....

We're having a girl! Yay! Needless to say, we're super excited! I 'bout cried when she started typing it on the screen (though I had already guessed it as soon as she started trying to find 'it'. We saw LINES! :)

So yeah, there ya go, now ya know. But if you were guessing "boy" before I said anything, you should still enter that as your guess (if you haven't guessed yet!) Not that these things usually come down to a 40 point difference (that's what the gender is worth.)

Time to buy some dresses!!!
So there ya have it! You're now in the "know". Don't ya feel special??? :)

It's a.....

BABY! :)

We had our ultrasound this morning, and it went well. Baby was much less trouble than Jeremiah was (we had to get up and walk around/grab lunch with him... wouldn't cooperate.) Couldn't get a really good profile shot, but got a cute foot, leg, arm shot or two.

Everything is normal, as far as we can tell. So all is well!

Jeremiah was a bit bored, though... Almost got in trouble with the tech, because Jeremy kept walking over to the "wrong" side of the table... But she was nice about it. Luckily, they weren't in there long before she was done, so he didn't have to behave very long.

We were able to see the sex... but it's a secret. Shhh.... :) Maybe in one-on-one conversations, we can share... We'll see.

Aww he loves his bear...

The bear with a tail on backwards... Yes, what you're picturing is correct-the 'tail' is between his legs. But! Jeremiah doesn't care. He still loves his bear.

Hmm...

I know we have more than 7 readers on our blog (including myself.) Yet, there are only 8 guesses in the baby poll... :( Jeremy said it's because this is our 2nd baby, and people just don't get as excited about #2 as #1. Well, I can see that, but even Jeremy hasn't guessed yet! What does that tell you???? :) I told my Dad he and my Mom must guess this weekend, because I know they're going to want to know if we're having a boy or a girl (if we're able to tell) and the ultrasound is only a few days away... And Jeremy... well, I'll just ask the US tech to write down the gender on a piece of paper, and I'll let him read it after he's submitted his guess, too. :) Ooo... maybe it can just be my little secret! Bwahahahaha....

Man, I really REALLY hope Jess Jr is a girl... There are SOOOO MANY CUTE DRESSES to buy!!! Boy clothes are cute, too, but we already have PLENTY! So I can't really justify buying more. It's bad enough I've already bought a few things (1st Christmas outfit, stocking, a few blankets, etc...)

I've been doing a few different "gender predictors" to see what we could possibly be having. Well, according to the chinese calendar chart, we're having a GIRL!!! But! The one I used just asked for regular age, not lunar age... so I'm not sure if that's accurate.

Another one I used was at babyman.net. I guess he's got a 94% accuracy rate... Well, he said boy, so poo poo on him. :p I'm going to say I'm special and am part of that 6%. :)

On the birth boards, people were talking about cravings, and one person mentioned oranges. Apparently, women who crave oranges and OJ (as I did early on, not so much anymore,) are having a girl! Then another person said that citrus was BOY, and spicy was GIRL. Well, I also want spicy... So what does THAT mean??

It means nothing. lol None of these things really mean anything. Next week, we'll have a slightly better idea of what we're having, but there's still a chance that even that will be wrong. Man, I would really hate to be told 'GIRL!' and then deliver a boy. Don't get me wrong, I'll be thrilled come delivery day either way! It's just hard to imagine having another boy... I'm so used to Jeremiah, I can't picture what another boy would be like. Maybe if I buy a bunch of cute boy clothes, I'll jinx myself... Of course, it's probably too late for that now. His/Her little "bits" are already in place! They're not going to change on account of me, that's for sure! I'll just keep my fingers crossed!

Yeah....

Well, there's nothing new in the blogosphere, so you'll have to listen to my crazy dreams instead.

I know people say that your dreams get more crazy and vibrant when you're pregnant. Well, my dreams are always pretty crazy--just ask Jeremy. He gets to hear about them first hand.

My favorite dreams are when I realize I'm dreaming in the dream itself, and can then control what's going on (to a certain degree... It always takes a while to figure out how to wake oneself up from a dream that goes south... Usually, ya just stand there, telling everyone, "Okay, I'm going to wake up now. I'm waking up..." and then just wait for it to happen... Of course, when you're in a dream that's less than pleasant, that can take a while, or so it seems...) I'll ususally take those opportunities to fly around, or "join the X-Men", though I never have a super-power. I'll usually start out with one, but forget how to use it by the time I need it. Oh well. They're always really nice to me anyways. :)

Last night was just a strange mish-mash of dreams. I think it started out with my family at our old house in RI (dream about that place a lot... it's so thoroughly embedded in my subconscious that whenever I dream about anything family related, it's usually at that house.) My grandfather on my Mom's side decided to come live with "us" (I guess I was living with them at the time... Jeremy was no where to be found, though Jeremiah makes a guest appearance,) and so there was much hullabalou about getting everything ready for that.

I guess I was back to work at Sony, too. Or at least, I was in the video game industry in some way. And for some reason, I was "wanted for questioning". Not by the police... that would make sense! Some third party organization was convinced the video game industry had secrets that were pretty serious... Serious enough that they would capture you and "torture" you to get them out. I guess it was harboring terrorists or something, I dunno... But they were determined to find out what these secrets were, and so you'd better be helpful.... or else.

This is the point where the dream switched main characters. No longer is it necessarily about you, but you shadow the person it is about, and are kinda that person, but you're not that person. Know what I'm talking about?

Yeah, so we switch to this gal who's going to take my place getting captured. :) She's on here way to the airport, and gets grabbed by this really big guy (Big Show size, but not the Big Show.) They proceed to interrogate her about her involvement in "certain things" while at Sony and other companies. She doesn't give anything up. It's mostly some woman doing the talking, and she's got a few guys with her, too (including the Big Show sized guy.)

Eventually, they give up and let her go. She returns to the airport where all her stuff is, and decides she wants to tell someone whatever info it is that these folks were after, but doesn't want to do it over email, because someone could trace it back to her. But she can't do it in person, because that's too dangerous. Doesn't really matter because, of course, she's being watched by these people, and gets captured again. This time, they take her to a cave (which happens to be located right outside of a mall...) and threatens to take her someplace cold and snowy where there's no natural light, and keep her there for weeks until she talks (they must have been playing on my psyche at this point, because I would hate to be in a snowy, cold, dark place for weeks on end... Especially since it's getting so nice out now!) Well, this chick is tough and basically says, "bring it on!"

So they do. The Big Show-sized guy grabs her by the arm, and brings her outside, heading for a transport. "This is my only chance," she thinks, and does some kinda kick/punch action on the B.S.S. guy, but he's freakin' huge, so this does nothing. All it really does is draw the attention of everyone else, and they come running out with their guns... Great. Well, the B.S.S. guy has a couple of guns, too. Somehow, she manages to aim his arm and fire his gun, and takes out all the baddies comin' at her. Eventually, all who's left is the B.S.S. guy. He still has his hand on her. But she grabs his gun, and tries shooting at him. She doesn't kill him, but he does let her go, and she tumbles into the mall. He then goes to a lever marked "4 ton", pulls it, and then walks over to a certain spot (this is inside the mall....) We then see a few hatch doors in the ceiling open up, and piles of snow fall down--one really large pile lands right on the B.S.S. guy (I'm guessing it was 4 tons?) and he dies.

Gee, I hope that top secret info was worth all that!

Then a bunch of stuff happens that I don't remember, and the next time I show up, Jeremiah and I are driving to NYC for some reason. We get there, get our hotel room (again, it's just us, no Jeremy,) and settle down for bed.

And that's about it. Oh no, wait. There was also a musical in it! Yeah, I guess someone made the story of my capture or whatever it was, into a musical. And it was performed on stage at Mclean! Wow! All in one night... pretty crazy.

And that is it. Well, the best I can tell it anyways. It's also so much more interesting in your head, that's for sure. :)