Coming home--the highlights.

• a perfectly stocked fridge
• early morning with my parents
• long conversations with my dad (the only person who can out-talk me) about everything under the sun
• coffee like only my dad can make
• Bloody Marys like only my dad can make
• a trip to Ikea
• cheering for the USA 
• early Father's Day presents
• my mom's garden
• my mom's listening skills
• hanging out with my sister
• sleeping in a king-sized bed
• wearing my favorite thrift dress that I forgot the last time I came here
• a stack of new (to me) books, mostly hardcover
• listening to A Prairie Home Companion while my dad cooks dinner
• Miles Davis + pasta + a good Malbec