Freak Out No. 1

I freaked out on Thursday about leaving NYC. I'd had 1 1/2 gin and tonics, which partly accounts for it (I'm not much of a drinker) but what really precipitated the freak out was that realized I'd planned a goodbye dinner with a friend on the same night I'm flying to London. (More on London later.)

My friend will be out of town for the last weeks of my New York life, so if I don't see her next week I might miss her altogether. I can't just say, "I'll see you when you get back," because I won't be here. I'll be in L.A.

This started me thinking about the things I will miss about New York. One of them is seeing the trees outside my window get their leaves. Right now, the trees are so bare I can see all the buildings that surround my apartment. But by the end of May, they will be so full and green the apartment will seem like a little secluded tree house. But someone else will watch the tiny leaves sprout out of the branches this year.