Last night was the most fun night of the summer so far. We had our rehearsal for the group Waltz. It was so crazy - in a fun way! Everyone was laughing and having a good time learning the routine. It's really easy and everyone was picking it up well.

After rehearsals Josh invited everyone back to his house. His parents are away this week and he thought it would be fun to use their new hot tub (especially since everyone has achy muscles from all the dancing). Not everyone went but a lot of us were there. We called Molly and told her to join us. We ordered pizza and spent the night eating and going in and out of the hot tub. Josh even fired up the grill and threw on some hot dogs that his mom had in the freezer. I love impromptu parties! It was such a nice bonding experience for all of the dancers.

After the party started to break up, I told Josh that I was going to run home to change into dry clothes and then I'd be back to help him clean up. He grabbed my hand and said, "I thought we could go for one more dip in the hot tub." The look on Tanya's face made my day. She looked really annoyed - and part of me feels bad because I don't really want her to feel bad. I actually would really like the girl if she wasn't after Josh. I just can't stand watching her throw herself at him all the time. It drives me nuts!!!!

So anyway, Josh and I took one last dip in the hot tub. He kept smiling at me and I asked him what was up. He told me that I finally look "at ease" and he said he hasn't seen me look that way in a long time. I guess I've been pretty up-tight. But do you blame me? This whole summer has been really weird. There have been times where I thought things were better and then I'd find out they were still messed up. Now, I finally feel like things really are better.

Tonight we do our Cha Cha. I'm feeling really confident about it this week. The dance is fun and flirty and I think the judges will like it. They liked the flirty aspect of the Rhumba so I've kicked it up and notch and replaced the romance with fun. We'll see how it goes. It turns out that adding the Mambo to the line-up was a blessing after all. They've approved "Hungry Eyes" as our song for next week!!! Yea!!! :)