Okay, well after almost a week without being able to solve this one, I offically gave up on the darn Top Menu. I ended up using this tutorial:
http://artistutorial.blogspot.com/2011/11/add-beautiful-css-jquery-mega-menu-on.html
I had to do quite a bit of editting the code (for colors, sizes, links), but I think it turned out way cooler than the Top Menu ever could've. If you're going to do it, just make sure along with editing color etc that for step 4., instead paste the code after "<div id='art-main'>" if you want the menu along the top rather than the bottom of your page. Here's mine in action:
http://linnyslit.blogspot.com/
I wanted to post this just in case someone else out there is getting fed up with the troublesome Top Menu but still wants to have the drop down capability, like me. If you don't like the exact style of the menu I ended up using, search "menu" on that same tutorial site. It has a few other menu tutorials all with different styles. I hope this helps someone!