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!
It’s been a bit of an odd day today. I’ve done lots, but at the same time I’m not sure what I’ve done. One of those days…
I took Bert out for a walk this morning. With his ‘walk toy’. He loves it. It makes a lovely twang noise as I throw it for him. He runs around with it. He plays tug with it. He also pulls the elastic tight and fires it back at me. Not sure it’s his intentions, but he seems to enjoy it.
Me, not so much as I get smacked by a flying rubber ball. Earlier, he got me right in the stomach. I was laughing cause I was wearing my thicker coat so it didn’t hurt. I wasn’t laughing when I got home and realised the ball had hit my phone and keys in my pocket. The result? A broken phone screen.
As I can’t take a photo of said broken screen, here is the offending toy instead. I’ve been saying for a while I need to get a new phone. Looks like I will have to get onto it sooner…
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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