Yesterday was the graduation party. My family and friends were there to help me celebrate. Mrs. Anderson, Lauren and Josh showed up. Mr. Anderson wasn't feeling well so he stayed home.

I was so glad to have Josh there. It wouldn't have seemed right without him. He was in a good mood and we spent a lot of time talking. I asked him why he wasn't celebrating his birthday with Amber and he told me that they have a very (and he stressed the word very) casual relationship. Then he asked me about Mark. I told him that Mark and I broke up. He asked why and I was about to explain when Lauren walked outside to where we were talking. She looked like someone had punched her in the stomach and she told us that they had to go to the hospital because Mr. Anderson had a heart attack.

The Andersons left and everyone tried to get my mind off of what had happened. I know they wanted me to enjoy my graduation party but I couldn't. The Andersons are like family. Mr. Anderson has always been so kind. I saw the graduation present Josh had brought for me and I knew I had to go to the hospital. Everyone was trying to convince me to stay. I looked at Aunt Lu and said, "It's the Andersons." She nodded and said, "I know, honey." My mother started to give me a hard time and I said, "It's Josh." And then I left.

I got to the hospital and somehow managed to find them. It was like I was being lead to them by divine guidance because thinking back on it, I know it shouldn't have been that easy. I just found them. Josh and Lauren were in the waiting room and Mrs. Anderson was with Mr. Anderson. They were prepping him for surgery.

I stayed through the whole surgery. We all just sat there for hours. At some point Aunt Lu showed up with some food, but we all just sat there, and then Mrs. Anderson and Josh started pacing around. I finally got up and followed Josh down the hall. He told me that I should have stayed at my graduation party. I just told him that he has always been there for me - when Aunt Lu got hurt, when my dad was sick, and any other time that I needed him - and that I wanted to be there for him. He looked at me and said, "Pretty crummy way to end your graduation celebration, huh?" I nodded and said, "Pretty crummy way to spend your birthday." He hugged me and we stood there for a few minutes.

Finally the doctor came out and told us that the surgery was a success. Huge relief. We all finally ate some of Aunt Lu's food. It was really late at this point but no one wanted to leave until Mr. Anderson was out of recovery and moved to his room.

It was the middle of the night when I finally got home. Aunt Lu woke me up early this morning to drag me to church. She said that we had some extra prayers to send up this morning. I was exhausted.

I spoke with Lauren around lunch time and she said her dad was doing pretty well. Josh called later to thank me for staying with them last night.

I was going to leave on my road trip with the girls tomorrow but they agreed that we could leave on Tuesday instead. I just want to be around one more day to make sure that everything is okay.

So that was my weekend. Never a dull moment.