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!
Bert and I headed over to Easton College today for Carleton Riding Club’s May show. No, I didn’t mix my B’s up. I meant Bert. I’d been asked to judge the SJ competition as our usual judge is out of action.
So that meant that Buddy has his birthday off. He’s 15 today! I’m sure he was gutted not to be jumping. I was in a way. You can’t help but be inspired watching the action. Can’t say that Bert was much help. He crashed out under the desk for most of it.
He did love the fact he got to have zoomies round the Arena as we cleared away. He’s a bit tired now…
I will make it up to Buddy tomorrow and pop him over a few jumps instead.
I think I did a good job judging. I didn’t have any complaints and I didn’t make anyone cry. I need to crack on with my judge training and get that ticked off. Judge Pip has a bit of a ring to it. Maybe the elevated position has gone to my head. Well the air was a bit thin up high in the judges box.
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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