I turned forty-seven in December and for the first time in my life, felt a need to record my most personal thoughts and actions. My husband told me it would put everything into perspective and pointed out that someday when I'm old and gray, I'll have these memories to cherish. Of late, I have been hopelessly preoccupied with matters of the heart. In particular, urges of a sexual nature have bordered on becoming an obsession. I'll be the first to admit that my desire had waned since I had my children, but they're gone off to university now so I'm free once more to enjoy the more physical side of loving. I'm afraid some of the romps I've indulged myself in lately have been way out of character for me, but I'm sure this has just been a temporary fit of lust and my hunger will lessen as I mature.
I just pray that Doug understands my changing desires, now that my maternal phase has lessened. I know he's been disappointed so many times in the past but I just couldn't change from a doting mother into a sex-crazed slut when my kids were in adjacent bedrooms, with their ears to the walls. So my New Year's resolution is to seek out and find a new sexual identity for myself. To make sure that I don't falter in my quest for the unique and lustful loving I crave, I hereby promise to record the details of every exciting sexual encounter I have as long as I am able.
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Dear Dirty Diary,
Brassy trumpets, thumping drums and crashing cymbals increasingly trespassed into the soundtrack of my most lushly sensual daydream. The brassy confusion of marching bands obliterated the wind's delicate whispering through tall pine trees as well as the plaintive cries of loons. My shimmering vision of sparkling blue waters surrounding our idyllic lovers' bed, perched atop a tiny rocky island, all but disappeared. Johnston was the only person I seriously ever considered an affair with. I tried my best to blot out the racket and return to my daydream. My hand searched for comfort between my legs and to my delight, my fingertips found warm wetness seeping from my well. In my mind, I returned to erotic thoughts of my muscular friend. I remembered the first two years picking apples with him and how the other migrant pickers would tell us of his exploits with the local ladies. Whenever he tried to con me, I'd just blush, get all flustered and walk away in embarrassment.
The third year, however, I had celebrated my forty-sixth birthday and now that we were empty nesters, something had dramatically altered my way of looking at life. Doug, my husband, concerned that he had been the only lover in my life, occasionally told me that taking a lover at least once in my life might be good for me. I'd read that approaching menopause brings out an insatiable craving for naughtiness in most women and I seemed to be no exception to the premise. All through the springtime, my erotic notions pertaining to Johnston had fueled many brave new sexual experiences with Doug, much to his approval.
Finally toward the end of summer, Johnston and the crew arrived back in town. While walking through the mall with my husband one Saturday, Johnston spied me and said hello. After introducing him to Doug, they shook hands. We chatted for a while then carried on our way. As we strolled along, I shared the gossip about Johnston's way with women and asked him why so many women were drawn to scoundrels like him.
He chuckled and said, "It's probably because he's hung like a horse."
I asked him how he knew that foolishness.
With remarkable authority on the subject, Doug explained, "Johnston is probably 6'-4" tall, has big feet and extremely long fingers." According to my husband, that combination of features pretty much guarantees a nine or ten inch penis on black males. A few steps later he said to me, "Johnston would probably be the best lover a woman looking for a fling could hope to find. Doug, as if he was reading my mind, pointed out that he was in splendid physical condition, undoubtedly sexually skilled from all his previous affairs and best of all, posed no long-term threat to a woman's marriage. As soon as the apples were picked, he would have to return to Barbados.
The third day after I started picking again in September, my van wouldn't start after work. Johnston, a mechanic in Barbados, quickly found a loose battery cable and tightened it for me. I thanked him graciously and told him if he ever needed a ride to town, I was available. Friday, wouldn't you know it, he asked if I'd take him and a few others shopping that evening? A promise is a promise, so I agreed. Doug seemed unconcerned with my goodwill gesture, but sarcastically told me to not come home pregnant. The following Friday, they asked again, offering to pay for my gas and buy me coffee and donuts, if I'd take them shopping again.