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 was -7 degrees when Bert and I left the house this morning. He wasn’t keen on having him coat on. He ran round the lounge rather than sit nicely. Kinda defeats the object of going for a walk if you waste energy up first.
I needn’t have worried, he was full of it! He is super charged by the snow. He had a good run around with a black lab he met while I talked to it’s owners. They both commented on how well trained he was. They wouldn’t have said that had they seen him trying to drag me down the road. Walking nicely on the lead is still very much a work in progress.
And how fast! He absolutely smoked the lab.
I couldn’t feel my face by the time we got back. Nor my feet – and that was with three pairs of socks on! I layered up and was still cold. I had the opposite when I was mucking out. Started to overheat. Damned if I was taking any layers off though. I’d rather be a bit hot that end up cold again. Remind me of that when I’m moaning I’m too hot in Summer…
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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