slow down, i wanna get off!

head... spinning... deep breaths. it's not that i forget how fast the pace is here in the city, i just... phew. no way would i want to live here. money be damned-- it's just too much. i stayed last night in a friend's apartment, which is not as swanky as where i usually stay (in-laws commandeered my couch at C's), but in the same midtown area. there's a band playing somewhere nearby that is so loud i've had to go into the bathroom and close the door in order to make business calls without sounding like i'm sitting in a bar having martinis for lunch. (the windows are closed tight!) i'm scheduled to go back upstate this afternoon, after attending a closing meeting for our most recent sale, and C asked me this morning if i'd rather stay in the city than be by myself at the house up there. ha! no thank you. even with the mid-renovation mess and the leaky basement, i'll take it over this craziness. i love the city, but the whole character of it changes when you have 25403048 things to get done, as opposed to the same number of fun things to see. i'm not complaining, really-- i'm getting paid well and have managed to have some great meals & beverages here and there, but wow. i sure do miss the peace and quiet of my balcony. okay, time to do some mapquesting. in the next couple of hours, i'm headed to a lawyer's office somewhere on madison ave, then to the other side of the city to try and talk a garage manager into giving me C's truck, then somehow i'm to navigate out of the city and to his inlaws, upstate in a sleepy burg that is nowhere near the house. there, i'll pick up another of his vehicles and drive to rhinebeck, to a town meeting, where i'll be taking notes on the future development (or lack thereof, if they have their way) of the town. if all those treks go smoothly, after that i might have time to eat. if i'm lucky.