I've had an interesting few days. Friday night Josh was down in Atlantic City so I went to his aunt's house for a Fall Equinox Celebration. His aunt is a psychic and I must say this party was different from any other party I've experienced from the Anderson family. Lauren, Lindsay and I went together and it was mostly women there. His aunt had a gigantic bonfire going and tons of fall foods - apples, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, squash, cider, etc. We did a gratitude and balancing ritual. It was pretty fun, but again, I must say it wasn't anything I've ever experienced before. Lauren said her aunt does these parties every equinox and solstice.

By the time Josh got home Saturday, I was missing him pretty badly. He always invites me to go along on his gigs, but I don't really care that much for Atlantic City so even though I missed him, I was happy to stay behind. It gave me a chance to hang out with Lauren Friday night and I ended up sleeping at her place after the party and then doing some work at the dance studio Saturday morning.

Josh took me out to dinner Saturday night and I asked him if he'd gone to his aunt's parties. He laughed and told me that his father used to take him, but his mom didn't really like it. He said his mom politely tolerates all of the new age stuff his aunt talks about, but she prefers the Church over bonfires and dancing under the moon.

Interesting...I've spent my whole life going to church, and while I like the community and the rituals, I have to say that dancing around the bonfire with a bunch of cool women was way more fun.

On Sunday we went to dinner at Josh's parent's house. They've asked me to call them by their first names now that I'm an Anderson too, but it feels so weird. They have been Mr. and Mrs. Anderson to me since 2004 and now I'm supposed to call them Mike and Skyler? I'm trying to get used to it.

The weather has been so nice that Josh and I went over there early and took advantage of the pool. I was really glad that Mr. Anderson, er...Mike, decided not to close it at Labor Day like most people around here do. They got a whole extra month out of it.

We were there to see his parents but also to meet Lauren's new man. She's been dating him for a couple of months now, and we figured he must be special when she announced that she wanted to bring him to her parents' house for dinner. His name is Chad and he seems really nice, but not what I was expecting. I always picture her with Alex and he's nothing like Alex. Alex is very much the artist musician and Chad is very much a Wall Street kind of guy. He was wearing a polo shirt and blazer and looked very Connecticut. I don't know how else to describe it except that I could see him fitting in very well with Mrs, I mean Skyler's side of the family...maybe not so much with the psychic aunt on the Anderson side though.

As we were leaving Josh told Chad that he'd like to get to know him better and that we should all go out for dinner some night. I said, "how about this coming weekend?" Josh said, "No, you and I are going away for a romantic weekend."

So here it is Thursday and he's keeping the location of our romantic weekend a surprise so I have no idea where we're going. I don't really care. I love that I married a man that plans surprise romantic weekends.