14 August 2008

The New Job--Meet the Old Job

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Today I was thinking about the job I'm about to start next week. To tell you the truth, I was feeling angry about it. For one thing, I w...
13 August 2008

In Love

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Last night I was with Dominick. Yes, he was there for me after I was having chin-hairs pulled out and zapped by two gorgeous blonde women. O...
11 August 2008

Pink Moon

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It's a pink, pink, pink, pink mooon......... Oh, I could listen to that song all day. That line seems so light and carefree--so uncharac...
10 August 2008

Home Again

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Charlie and Max can't get enough of me. That's how it's seemed since I got home last night. I don't mind; in fact, I never m...
08 August 2008

Leaving for the Rest of My Life

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Tomorrow I'll be headed back to New York. As you can imagine, I have very mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I want to get back to ...
06 August 2008

The Woman Becomes a Daughter?

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This morning I got to say "hello" to my mother's friend, Lee. She'd come to pick up Mom so they could visit the family of ...
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04 August 2008

Another Journey

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Turns out that Mom hadn't gone to church after all. She'd gone to the store, and after she got back, she and Dad and I had blueberry...
03 August 2008

The Silence

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Mom has gone to church. She does that every Sunday morning. I know Dad is awake because I hear him coughing. It's that nagging, hackin...
01 August 2008

Visiting Mom and Dad

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I'm taking a break from packing for the trip I'm about to take tomorrow. I'm anxious, in every sense of the word, about it: I am...
31 July 2008

Zap that Beard!

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It's hard for me to believe now that I had a beard, on and off, for about twenty years. Just as there are people in my life now who hav...
29 July 2008

Ghost Town

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Last night I had a dream that, when I woke up, I could've sworn I had before. In it, I walked down a street--I don't know where it w...
26 July 2008

Back In The Day...

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Today I did a bike ride I used to do just about every weekend. But today was the first time I'd done it in about two, and possibly three...
24 July 2008

The Older Woman

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A busy week it's been. If I can grow as tired as I am without having (or having had) kids or to take care of anyone but me and Charlie a...
20 July 2008

The Frontier

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Today I saw part of the Tour de France coverage on TV. The Tour is divided into 21 stages, each lasting a day. One stage might be long and f...
19 July 2008

Name Change (I'm Still Justine!)

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Tonight I had to make another name change. No, I didn't have to become another person. I am still Justine Nicholas Valinotti, nee Nicho...
18 July 2008

The Second Puberty

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On days like this, I'm not sure of whether I've underachieved or simply gotten the restoration my mind--and body--needed. I slept un...
17 July 2008

Another Ending

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So another day ends. And in this case, another week and another class. Most of my co-workers and I are on four-day weeks until the middle of...