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!
I know it’s very late and technically for yesterday, but I have just crawled into bed after another amazing Conference. I feel so honoured to be a part of such a mammoth event. In fact, it’s 3 events in one! This is my 4th year being involved.
I woke up at 2am playing things over in my head. Even though I knew I’d checked everything so many times, I still had those little panic. When the alarm went off at 6am, I was very tired but had things clear in my head.
Today ran pretty smoothly. Too smoothly at one point as we were very early for lunch. Few curveballs, nothing I couldn’t handle. Bit of a scramble trying to resolve a particularly thorny issue.
This evening was epic. Simon was incredible on stage. He was joined by Alan Carr. Fresh from his victory on Celebrity Traitors, he entered in his cloak and with a lantern. He was an absolutely hysterical. The Awards overran a he was having too much fun having photos with people.
My brain is mushed, my feet are wrecked, I’ve done enough steps for the month. As tired as I am, I am so proud of what’s been achieved over the past two days. It was worth the hard work seeing people’s reactions to the surprises we had in store. I will celebrate this I’m sure. Now I sleep…
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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