The past few days have been full of parties and surprises!

My mom flew in on Friday as a surprise. The airfare was good so she came up for Lindsay's graduation. My schedule was pretty hectic but I got to go out with her yesterday for some summer shopping.

Friday night was Terry's party. Molly and Alex got into an argument there which kind of spoiled things for me. They left and I was kind of on my own until Josh showed up. He had plans with Jason so he didn't even stay that long.

Last night was Jennifer's party. I had to help set up for the Saturday night dance party at the dance studio before heading over so I was late. Josh got there about a half hour after I did. He said things had been rough at the swim club that day and he looked pretty tired. Poor guy...

The party was small but I think it made it more fun. We played games...Taboo and Outburst. Then Molly got it into her head that she wanted to play Spin the Bottle. I really didn't want to kiss anyone there but Josh, and I certainly didn't want to watch him kiss anyone else so I decided not to play. Instead, Josh and I played croquet in the backyard while they played spin the bottle. I'm just really glad he followed me out of the room. I would have been bummed if he had played with them.

We had a lot of fun with croquet. I was horrible at it but Josh was really good. Figures... Besides ice skating I haven't been able to find one thing that boy isn't good at. He is so adorable though, it makes my heart soar every time I think of him. He was helping to position me so that I could hit the ball right and I got goosebumps every time he touched me. If he noticed, he didn't say anything but I was still kind of embarrassed.

After spin the bottle was over they went back to playing normal games so Josh and I rejoined the group. We sat down on the couch next to each other and he put his arm around me! I felt like the luckiest girl in the room.

Lindsay's party is about to start in an hour. Jen, Tom, Alex, Molly and Josh are coming over. The party is at our house - part of the reason my mom came up. She wanted to help Aunt Lu get things together. I probably should log off and go help out. Lots more to come...and my date with Josh tomorrow! Yippie!