Thankful again

I went to dinner last night in the West Village with K (who shares my name actually). She is one of my best friends from college. You should have seen me with my foldout Streetwise. I live on the Upper East Side, and I like to kid that I don't go south of the numbered streets. Needless to say, armed with the Streetwise and after a few wrong turns (W. 4th runs which way?) I found the restaurant -- www.westvillenyc.com

Sidenote: its funny to me how my ordering mentality has changed now that I am trying to gain weight. I looked at the menu online before leaving for dinner. In the "before" HA days, I would have had the turkey burger, no bun, and only eaten half the fries. Last night I realized, oh my goodness, I could order a grilled cheese with fries! Once there, I chose something in between, because it was what I wanted-- fried chicken over a salad, it was really yummy.

After dinner, we took a walk and got gelato for dessert -- http://www.grom.it/eng/index.php. We sat outside for a long time and talked, mostly about my efforts TTC, and her efforts to find a DH. She is in a tough place in her life right now. Unemployed (although she is fine financially due to some past big bonuses and smart savings, thank goodness) and coming off of a string of bad first dates, I struggled for the words to make her feel better. As someone who is happily married (she has known my DH as long as I have), there is nothing I can say to make it all better, and I know it must be hard for her to be staring at 30 a few months away and have no "prospects" in sight. It really hit home when she said to me, "You know who I am jealous of? People who have had years to spend with the person they love before they even have to think about having kids." (i.e. me?)

When I got home, I wrote her an email telling her why she was wonderful and how she would meet someone perfect for her. She is not close with her parents and I don't think she has anyone in her life to tell her that she is smart (2 Ivy league degrees, I mean come on), beautiful, kind, and sweet. It makes me sad to have such a great friend who is so lonely.

So again, I thank my lucky stars again. Two days ago, it was for insurance ; ) Today, its for the kismet that I found my DH so young. May K get her kismet soon.