going home

I get to go home tomorrow. while usually this is a unimportant event I'm really looking forward to the ranch and winery, and the black bottomed pool at the house at holman which i'll finally be use for the first time this summer. This summer has been a shit-show. I got out of school running, riding hard and feeling strong. I traveled to Colorado only to endup in the hospital with a chunk of eyebrow still on the 7-11 velodrome. Back to California to prepare for nationals without a bike until 3 days before competition. I rode well considering i had only 4 days back on the bike since my crash and hardly anytime in the aero bars. I missed the worlds qualification standard and ended up sixth in both the kilo and 3 k. I was glad nats were in LA as this is my home track and my friends and family could come and watch. My entire family came to their first real race for the kilo and corey and eric, fresh off the plane, came as well. Thankfully Joe patterson, a team mate on NOW was there volunteering and was able to help me off the apron after my race because my legs were so tired i didnt know if i could get down the stairs. after the pursuit i headed back to sb. I then had my birthday and headed home, only to make another 3 visits to the doctor with a MRSA staph infection that had me in bed for a week. This shut down the idea of road nats and i returned to SB to take a class and enjoy the summer.The past 6 weeks have been fun, work, class, new bikes, san diego trips, new oakleys, my life has been great. But now work has gotten old and i need a week to recharge before coming back to crash classes and help out with the cycling team.