Schadenfreude

I was in Boston this past weekend with a good girlfriend of mine and we had a great time visiting, sight-seeing, eating cupcakes and reminiscing (we both met at school here). In one of our many heartfelt talks she revealed that she's really starting to feel pressure from friends and family for her and her husband to have a child. They've been married for just under 4 years and are both in their early 30s. They have some personal things they want to work on before bringing a child into the family which I think is the responsible and mature thing to do. She said she knows that, but that seeing all of their other married friends have kids is hard, and makes her feel like she's "behind." I told her the next time she feels like she's "behind" to think of my life, for as of June 30th I will not have:

- A home
- A permanent job
- A husband

She laughed and said, "well, that's true, I guess someone, somewhere is always worse off than you." Now, under normal circumstances these things (especially nos. 1 & 2) might worry me, however due to the fact that I have some kickin' guardian angels I am okay. Yes, I am technically homeless as of June 30th but thanks to the generosity of friends/family I will be safely ensconced in their homes until I am able to get my own place. And, fingers crossed number 2 will be resolved very shortly, but in the meantime I have a great Plan B in place.

In the meantime, the next time I feel "behind" (like yesterday when I logged onto FB to discover yet another one of my friends had had a baby) I will try to remember the advice I gave my friend...or I may just eat a cupcake.