She dresses casually for this meeting. She wants to fly under the radar for as long as possible - if word gets out that a member of the Cabot family is thinking of running for office, she won't be able to back out of it if isn't something that just cant be done. There are things that need to be researched - herself included. Her life in witness protection could even become public fodder. She needed to know the landscape of the district. Since going conservative thanks to Anthony Weiner's need to show his penis, it would be harder to elect a liberal lesbian to fill the seat. Would it be better for her to start small or should she just jump in and try? She needed answers to all of this and more and fate had dropped the perfect person into her lap for this help. If anyone could do covert research, it was the woman she was meeting.

I apologize for being so distant from the internet. It's been a very long few months and honestly, updating hasn't been #1 in my world. I've barely had the time or the energy to check my email let alone do much else.

As you guys know, I was in New Mexico - working on the border to investigate crimes we suspect are happening against women by the cartels and the immigration services on both sides. A few months ago, I was injured in a car bombing. Only broken bones, but shortly after returning to New York to recuperate, I contracted pneumonia. Really, it's been one thing after another, but it allowed for Olivia and I to really talk again. That's been wonderful.

Fully recovered, I'm still not sure where my path is going to take me. The other day, Munch actually stopped by to talk to me about something, a side project he's working on that actually sounds interesting to me. So ... we'll see.

But I'm all right, and I won't take too much time between posts again.

I hope you're all doing well.

The character journal for Assistant District Attorney, Alexandra Cabot (Law and Order: SVU). All entries are posted to vega_voices.

You can find me at the link above. I look forward to meeting and talking to all of you.