!" What! Tell me: how bad is it?"She just gestured grimly to the full-length mirror on the closet doorand said, "See for yourself."Mick slid to the e...ge of the bed and lowered his feet to the floor,noting as he did that it seemed to take a lot longer than usual. Am Ismaller? Sure enough, when he stood upright, he realized he'd lost atleast several inches in height. He cringed as he approached themirror, but even being somewhat braced as he was for what was coming,he still gasped out loud. . To be especiallynice, I started dinner. It also gave me a chance tochill the bubbly.Lauren came through the front door about 20 minuteslater. She looked radiant. Her cheeks were rosy andthere was a discernable glow about her. Pregnancy wasdefinitely agreeing with her. We met midway betweenthe kitchen and the living room and embraced."Sorry, I was running a little late. I ran into toMike at the supermarket and told him our great news.He was so excited for us that we ended up celebrat-ing.... 'Maybe we should go ahead with the plan and break it to Eileen first. That might be easier'.I shrugged. 'I don't know if that's a good idea or not. Then again, without Frankie here maybe it'll be easier to convince her to let us have some privacy'. 'Let's go', Emily said.We got the camera from my room and took the SD card out of it, then headed for the living room to confront Eileen.'Hey guys. Whatcha up to', Eileen asked?I didn't know exactly how to begin, but didn't have to worry about it.. It must have been my lucky day because seated alone was the ravenhaired Dr I had seen earlier. I noticed she was smiling at me andoffered the chair to me and I graciously accepted with a smile. "Hi, Iam Carol, you must be new here? I know most of the lunch crowd here." Iwanted to impress her, thanked her, sat down, and asked about her day.Then I asked what she did for the University? She replied " I work inthe Advanced lab section of Animal Brain Studies. We are so excitedthat funds came.