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!
You’ve heard of a doomsday prepper, well today I became a rug prepper. It’s definitely an equestrian thing. I recently had some rugs repaired and reproofed ready for winter so that was step one of rug prepping complete.
Step two was getting them out and ready to be used. Simple right?! Well not when you can’t remember which rug is which weight. So I checked the bags (one of the reasons I keep them – they have pictures on them too). Then I added tags to them with the weights. Inspired right?!
One of the other liveries thought so and asked if she could have some tags too. Does this make me an influencer?!
Of course, the acid test will be whether the tags stay on once the rug is actually on my horse. Given said rugs needed repairing, I’m not hopeful. Still I got a weird satisfaction from lining them all up in weight order. I know, I need to get out more…
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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