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 have a mouse in my lorry cab! I kid you not. Only me huh?! I’ve found some droppings. So it’s time for an eviction as I don’t want any cables gnawed.
Off I went to the local hardware shop and bought a humane mouse trap. Let’s face it, I can use all the karma points I can get right now. Two nights I’ve left it in the lorry. Two nights it’s been triggered but no mouse.
So new plan. I brought the lorry home to give it a good clean. While it was here, Hugo took one for the team and got to have a snooze in the cab. It was suggested that the smell of cat might deter a mouse. To be honest, my first plan was to put Dodo in the cab as he’s more of a killer than Hugo. Dodo had other ideas and didn’t want to play ball.
As you can see, Hugo was thrilled! I joined him in the cab for a coffee while I tried to get him to embrace the mouse hunt. He want playing ball either.
The irony is that I’ve saved 3 mice in the past week from the kittens. Maybe word has gotten round that I’m a soft touch.
Anyway, the trap is set for night 3. So fingers crossed the smell of peanut butter is enough to lure the little critter.
Makes me think of the poem: ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.’
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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