Day 42 - Bull Hill

A grey and dreary day here at Bull Hill. I didn't ride at all - we all know how much I hate rain and riding in the rain is just no fun at all. So I took a nap this morning and just hung out this afternoon. The day was overshadowed by the sudden, shocking loss of a friend of mine. Just 4 weeks ago, I was in San Diego and stayed with my friend Jackie and her husband. I learned this afternoon that she was in an accident yesterday and today was deemed to be brain dead and scheduled to be taken off of life support. It's such a devastating loss. She was a bright light and I am so grateful that I got to reconnect with her recently. I cannot believe that her life was cut so short. She and I have so much in common - we are both engineers, both in the Junior League, and both are extremely passionate people. She recently became passionate about cycling. It was through this cycling that she was fatally injured. I do not know the details of how the injury occurred, other than it was on the San Diego Velodrome, which she so proudly showed off to me so recently. I am honored to have gotten to know her and so grateful that I saw her so recently. Jackie - you will be so missed.

The picture below was all Jackie's doing. It was the morning that I was leaving and I was about to get in my car when she said "Wait! I need a picture of us." She took the picture with her phone and texted it to me. Thank you Jackie for insisting on it.