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!
Today’s hack took a rather interesting turn when we got caught out in a thunderstorm. I don’t mean one of those little rumble ones. I mean a biblical one with thunder, lightening, sideways rain and hail!
Oh yes, there wasn’t much of us that was left dry I can tell you. At one point, there were thunder claps and lightening going off on 3 different sides! Mental! It bubbled up so quickly and hit very hard.
Buddy and Frankie were absolute rockstars. Apart from the very first thunder clap right overhead, they didn’t react at all.
There was a lot of ‘good boys’ every time there was another crash. It was a lot. But we made it safely home. Just as another wave came through. Thankfully I got Buddy safely in his stable to wait it out. Then a rainbow appeared.
My plan had been to put my tack on the lorry ready to go to camp tomorrow. I quickly had to change that to ‘bring it all home to dry and clean’.
It used to be a bit of a running joke that it was t camp without a thunderstorm. One the day before still counts I guess…
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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