Cool, Kat! I'm working on a few... thingies... That I might attempt at publishing. I'd definitely read yours. Btw, it's me Psychonaut (iMoody) ... My iPod broke so I got an iPhone!
Forgive me, I may be wrong, but didn't you essentially tell the complications in the plot in the story with 3, 2, and 1? As a reader myself, I do not want to be aware of that before I even begin the book. I disagree with the Christmas relation; maybe because of the season that person thought of the 12 days of christmas, but I doubt that is something people will think about. I am trying to rack my brain thinking about a similar story I have read. One of them I am thinking of is Catching Fire, but that is a stretch. I think you are fine, and I can think of many moments in between disasters to develop characters, increase tension, etc. Do it!