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!
I’m feeling less teary and more level today. I’m shattered from my emotional day yesterday. A good friend came over yesterday and let me cry while she hugged me. Sometimes it’s as simple as that. Someone giving you a hug and telling you it will be OK.
She pointed out that I’m naturally the kind of person who rushed around at a million miles an hour. I’m always busy. I’m always on the go. So having to do nothing is so far out of my comfort zone in that respect. I’m frustrated and that makes me low. I get tired then I get emotional, which makes me tired. Fun huh?!
The goals I set myself for 2020 are still there. I’m having to accept that they’ll just come in a different order. Once I’m all healed, I can get back to them. It’s hard to accept that my energy needs to go into healing. More learnings.
So today, I sit in the sunshine and I’m grateful for the people I have in my life and everything I have. I keep reading your comments on my post yesterday. They’re making me smile. So thank you.
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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