It's been a fun weekend. Friday night we managed to get our haunted hayride in despite the off and on rain. I had to fill in at a class at the dance studio Friday afternoon so I went straight to Alex's house from there. We were meeting there for the hayride. I got to see Lindsay! I didn't realize how much I've missed her until I saw her. Molly, Tim, Terry and Jennifer were there as well. Josh brought Keith down with his friends Amy and Tanya. I was kind of surprised to see Amy since I had once thought she was after Josh.

The hayride was fun. I tried not to let it urk me that Amy was there. Josh wasn't paying much attention to her so that helped but I didn't like the idea that they were all staying at the Anderson's house.

Yesterday I had to work at the dance studio again. I was there all morning and then I spent the afternoon doing homework. Later in the day I stopped over at the Anderson's. When I got there Amy was like, "we were just talking about you." I kind of gave Josh a look and he told me they were talking about what schools I was sending applications to. It kind of opened a can of worms. I want to stay within driving distance to Aunt Lu but my mom made me apply to some schools in Florida. I hadn't mentioned it to Josh because I'm not planning to go to school in Florida but when I told him yesterday he looked upset. Never mind the fact that I also applied to a handful of schools in PA, NJ, CT and NY. He just zeros in on the Florida schools, and somehow I couldn't help but think that that is what Amy wanted.

We went to Alex's Halloween Party last night. Josh pulled me aside to talk about the school thing. He said that he didn't want to hold me back if I wanted to move back to Florida, but I could tell that the idea of it upset him. I told him that I only applied to those schools to appease my mom. My first choice is to go to school in New York. I've always dreamed of living there and the fact that he's there is even better. I don't know that I'll be at NYU but I'd love to be in the city. I could take the train home to see Aunt Lu any time and he'd be there too.

The party was fun. We played games, watched scary movies. It was a good time. It was nice having my cousin home and spending some time with her. Also, Alicia from choir showed up with Lauren! Alex had invited her. I could tell she was happy to be there but she also looked really nervous. I was trying to talk to her to keep her calm but she clearly still likes Alex.

This morning I went to the early church service with Aunt Lu, Aunt Linda and Lindsay. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were there but no Josh or Lauren. I kind of expected that they wouldn't be there today - especially with Josh's friends in town. Molly and I met up with them for lunch and then they headed back to NY and we headed to Macy's for some shopping. Neither of us bought our homecoming dressed but I got a pair of jeans and Molly got a cute sweater. I guess we'll have to hit the mall again to get dresses.

Well, homework time now...