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!
So today was a rollercoaster of a day. I slept really heavily last night, first time since the lockdown that I didn’t wake up during the night. Nero woke me up wailing outside my door. He sounded so distressed I got up to check and the little monkey ran in and jumped on the bed! He never comes in my bedroom.
My phone has broken so I’ve been lent one till I can get it fixed (which could be a while by the looks of it). I managed to knock the loaner off the unit and smashed the screen.
Cue meltdown! Every time I think I’m cried out, more tears come. It struck me that I haven’t had any semblance of a routine for 6 months now. I miss the comfort of getting up and going to work. I miss never feeling lonely cause I was too busy. I miss hugs and seeing people. I miss seeing Buddy every day. I miss how my life was.
Finally got over that and was feeling more balanced, then I got told off in ASDA for itching my nose. Honestly you couldn’t make it up. This woman yelled at me not to touch my face. To which my shouted response was ‘But I’ve got an itchy nose!!’ So much for #bekind, it’s #judgeeveryone. Very sad.
Still I did get to video call with my parents. And I made marmalade. I still can’t believe I actually did that!!
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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