If last weekend was like heaven, then this weekend was like hell.

But I did learn three things:

1) I am never going to watch Barkley again.
2) Always be careful what you wish for because you never know how the wish can be granted.
3) Don't mix prescription pain medication with alcohol.

Let me explain... Friday night Molly, Jennifer, Kim and Lauren all gathered at my house for what seemed like a quiet night at home, eating pizza, watching movies and sitting with Barkley. We were sitting around eating pizza and we were talking about guys and I said that I wished I could see Josh because even though he was home I hadn't seen him yet. Shortly after that I took Barkley outside to do his business. A squirrel caught his eye and he was off and running, with me still holding the leash. We did catch him later though so don't worry about him...worry about me! I feel down, breaking my fall with my arm, and breaking my arm.

Lauren got her mother to take me to the hospital. It wasn't really a break. It was a fracture but it still hurt like crazy and I was not a happy camper. My mom rushed over and she and Mrs. Anderson were sitting with me after they did the x-rays and I was freaking out because I was afraid the fracture would ruin my first date with Josh.

Then Josh showed up. Lauren had called him and he was worried about me. He managed to help me relax a little. They wrapped my arm - instead of a cast because the type of fracture should only set for a few days and then I need to start strengthening the muscle...something like that.

As I was walking out Molly said, "Well you got to see Josh." And Lauren was like, "I guess it goes to show you that you should be careful what you wish for."

Fast forward to Saturday. My arm was killing me and my mom wanted me to cancel my date. I was in a crabby mood and I probably should have cancelled the date. No, scratch that: I definitely should have cancelled. It was a nightmare.

I took pain medication before going. We went to a restaurant and guess who our waiter was? Dave, my prom date for last year. I ordered and iced tea. I drank the whole thing really quickly because the pain medication made me thirsty. Well, I didn't know at the time that he had brought me a LONG ISLAND iced tea. Remind you of a "That 70's Show" episode? Only it was worse because not only did I get drunk off of one drink, but I had the pain medication in my system.

I was feeling really sick so I excused myself to go to the restroom. The restaurant had mirrors all over the walls so on my way to the restroom I walked into the wall and bumped my head pretty badly. In fact, when I woke up Josh, Dave and a few other people were standing over me. Josh decided to take me to the hospital.

We got to the hospital and they were checking me out and then they let Josh come in to see me. He asked how I was feeling. I told him I was great because I was still pretty tipsy. Then I went on and on about how we should go dancing. Then I said, "You're a sexy guy, Josh Anderson. In fact, you're the sexiest guy I've ever seen." And then I told him he was nice, and smart and that it's hard to find nice, smart and sexy all in the same guy. Then my mom walked in and I said to her, "Mom, don't you think Josh is a sexy guy?" AUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH! It's so humiliating!

So this morning Molly came over with muffins, to hear the whole agonizing story. I was soaking in self-pity when my mom called from church to let me know that Josh told her he was going to stop by to see me. Thank God she gave me the heads up because I looked horrible. And him seeing me like that really would have been the final straw so I got up and got myself looking acceptable.

My mom and Aunt Lu got back with Josh and Molly left. He asked how my head was and joked that I was the only person he's ever known to be in the ER two nights in a row. I told him that I was sorry for whatever I had said while I was under the influence and that I was so embarrassed. He flashed me one of those amazing smiles and said, "You told me I was the sexiest man you'd ever seen. There's no reason to be embarrassed about that!"

He dragged me out of the house for lunch at Dairy Queen. He told me he had gone back to have a word with Dave after my mom took me home last night. Dave told him he had given me a Long Island Iced Tea so that I would know what it's like to be drunk and that I would understand why he acted like such a fool last year. I can say with certainty that Dave failed to get any sympathy from me.

After we ate lunch we got ice cream and sat outside. We were talking when I heard someone say, "Sunshine!" I turned around and it was Henry from the swim club! He gave me a big hug and asked Josh if he was beating me up. It was all good natured though. He mentioned next week's orientation and then told Josh he hadn't gotten his application yet. Josh told him that he had been planning to living in New York all summer but had just changed his mind and was going to be home! I was shocked! It never occurred to me that Josh wouldn't come home.

After Henry left I asked him about it. He said that originally he was going to live in New York this summer but he had changed his mind. He said New York was too expensive and his friends and family would all be here. I'm glad he's coming home, but something about it made me a little uneasy.

He kissed me when we got back to the house and said we'd reschedule our first date. And then he left for New York and I'm stuck here trying to make sense of this whole horrible weekend. :(