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!
Back home after a flying trip to Brighton to choose some food. This is one of the more enjoyable parts of event management. And the closest I will come to eating the dinner menu at the conference. I will be in full swan mode while everyone is enjoying their 3 courses.
Bert and I headed down yesterday so we could spend a night with my Dad. Bert loves staying at Grandad’s. He was a very good boy apparently while I headed down to Brighton. The site visit and tasting took longer than I expected. Thankfully the M25 was very kind to us on the way back. We sailed almost all the way home before hitting roadworks. Then crawled the final 20 minutes due to various road closures, traffic lights and reduced lanes.
I used the journey there and back to catch up with a few people and listen to some fascinating podcasts. Bert used the journey there and back to catch up on sleep. Think he might have gotten the better deal. At least I got the better deal when it came to food.
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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