RECHARGABLE PEGGY


what recharges your batteries?

me? that's easy.

spending 4 stress-free days with the two people that gave me life, did their best to raise me and have become some of my best friends on this planet.

every morning we woke, ate breakfast and went swimming at their clubhouse in the pool that overlooks the red rock mountains of southern utah. my mom and i went shopping and she and my dad bought me an early birthday present: a dress that my mom and i decided i HAD to have after i tried it on. we went to see inidana jones, ate at yummy places, talked outside on their patio til it got too dark to see each other, played with their new baby puppies, traversed the beautiful zion national park and about 40 trips to the walmart that is 1/3 of a mile down the road from their house.

yeah it's weird to watch your parents get older... but i marveled at my mother's beautiful skin- you'd NEVER guess that she just turned 67. and i was amazed that my dad out-lapped me in the pool... by a good 10 laps!

and then there are those things that will never change... my mom still rules the roost and my dad would STILL do anything for her, all she has to do is ask. my dad still starts off a road-trip adventure with plenty of treats and a cooler full of drinks and my mom still starts off by saying she won't have any, and then sneaks a few here and there.

i loved quietly sitting in my room, listening to my mom cook dinner as she practices her lines from the next show she's in, to the dogs at her feet. i loved teasing my dad that he actually preferred to stay in the car and listen to his books on tape rather than come into the shopping center with me and my mom.

i pretty much had the most perfect week. i am pretty much as tan as i can get. i am pretty much recharged and ready for a great summer.

thanks for the perfect week mom and dad!