The Game of Life

I recently talked to a friend over the phone about what's been going on with her life and she tells me that she's just bought another condo, going to move in with her boyfriend, but rent out her old one. I was happy for her but completely floored. She recounted a similar conversation with another friend who remarked,

"How did you get two houses and a career ahead of me in the Game of Life?!"

And while that was what I was wondering too, all I could imagine in my head was the board game "The Game of Life":


If this was an accurate representation of our lives, it felt like she was cruising with the top down and wind blowin' in her hair down that long straightaway behind the spinning wheel ...

Whereas, I'm stuck at the fork in the road near the spinning wheel with a flat tire and I'm trying to hitch-hike the rest of the way...