Welcome to blog! I started it in 2020 to chart my recovery from breaking my ankle (hence the name). I guess no-one saw a global pandemic coming. It's turned into a place where I can talk about the things happening in my life, my horse and my cats. Enjoy!
As a child, I was very much like Mr Bump. I was always bumping into things, bouncing off things and covered in bruises (to be fair that’s still true). As an adult I was diagnosed with mild dyspraxia. That’s what affected my spacial awareness and co-ordination. It just means that sometimes I have to work a bit harder to grasp simple tasks. Or get the right message to the right bit of my body.
But in a weird way, it’s my super power as it means I’m very good at working things out, looking at alternative ways to do something and problem solving. It also means that once I’ve grasped something I can repeat it again and again. This is massively helping me at the moment as I’m having to adapt simple tasks and working out how to get around with one leg. Made me laugh to get this card today.
Maybe Mr Bump was actually a super hero after all.
So 2020 was going to be my year. The year I got my life sorted after being served redundancy notice from my job in November 2019. The year I ticked off more things from my horsey bucket list. The year I got my mental health back under control and reduced stress in my life.
I had a plan. And it was a good one. Then the plan changed dramatically on 2 January. I came off my horse at speed and broke my ankle. Badly. Like all good equestrians, I got back on and rode back to the yard, sorted Buddy out and then drove myself to A&E. That’s where this journey really began...
I was sent home from A&E and told to crack on, only to receive a phone call later to say they’d missed a fracture (and a rather serious one at that). Whoops! So fracture clinic on 3 January, surgery on 5 January and home to recover.
I started this blog as a way to chart my recover back to the saddle. As I cleared clinics and competitions out of my diary and wondered what the next few months would bring, it's been a safe space for me to say how I'm feeling.
The new plan was to get a new job, to keep Buddy is kept ticking over and recover from my injury. Another good plan! I didn't expect a global pandemic, lockdown and all that happened in 2020.
This blog has changed over time but it's continued to be my safe space to share the things going on in my life, with Buddy and the cats. Enjoy!
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