This week has been so much better than last week. On Tuesday night I was walking out to my car to head over to the swim club to help Jennifer paint the set for the campers' play. As I was walking out, I heard Mrs. Anderson yelling at Josh because he was playing basketball, and I guess Mrs. Anderson thought it was too soon after his head injury to be playing sports. He walked into the front yard and saw me, and I think it annoyed him that his mom was yelling at him in front of me. Then Mrs. Anderson turned to me and said, "Nicole, I'm going out tonight. Will you stop over later and make sure Josh isn't doing any strenuous activity?" I was about to respond when Josh looked at his mother and said, "I can't believe you're asking my girlfriend to baby-sit me!"

"Girlfriend" was the only word that mattered. He called me his girlfriend!!!!!! I told Mrs. Anderson that I would stop over around 9:00. Then I drove off to the swim club as the happiest girl on earth. I called Natalie on my way there to tell her he called me his girlfriend. Then I saw Molly when I got there and we both went crazy!

At 9:00 I stopped by the Anderson's to make sure Josh was taking it easy. The two hours I spent at the swim club felt like torture. All I wanted was to see him since I then knew I was his girlfriend.

When I got there he was the only one home, and he was just sitting around watching TV. When he opened the door I wrapped my arms around and gave him a big kiss. He smiled at me and joked, saying, "maybe you should go back in and we'll do that again."

He was in the mood for cookies, so we sliced up a roll of cookie dough and stuck it in the oven. He had me pressed up against the kitchen counter and was kissing me when his mother walked in. She had her hands on her hips and was like, "I told you not to do anything strenuous!" She was joking and didn't seem all that phased by seeing us kiss, but I was really embarrassed.

The rest of the week has been pretty good with the exception of Alex calling to say he was staying in Europe even longer. I think Molly is really losing patience with him.

That's all for now. The dinner cruise is tomorrow night! Can't wait!