Just... wow.
There's this woman, Lucy, who's blog I used to occasionally read. She was a friend of a friend's; I never met her in person, nor do I think I ever even commented on her blog. I'm pretty sure I had no contact with Lucy... ever. But I did read what she had to say here and there. She seemed like a pretty cool chick. Someone I actually shared a lot of interests with, and probably would have liked if I had met her. I lost the link to her blog in one computer change or another, and never really thought much of it.
I found out from our mutual friend that Lucy went into the hospital in June with a nasty stomach flu, which ended up being cancer. She passed away this weekend. She was an otherwise healthy woman not much older than I am. Reading back in her blog now, she had a happy, normal life up until June. She talked about movies she'd seen and TV shows she was enjoying. About refinancing her mortgage and applying for an awesome new job, which she got. And then, this.
I don't know why I'm so shaken by this. I didn't know her! But she could have been my friend.
I actually have lots of happy things to talk about. I had an awesome weekend in San Diego! So tonight, more on that. :D
For now, off to work...