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!
When I went to see my Dad on Sunday, he was filling in his food choices for the next day. One option was cheese and onion pie. I was rather envious as I love cheese and onion pie. Let’s face it, I love any sort of pie. But I hadn’t had one for years.
So imagine my delight when I popped to the Co-op today. That was dinner sorted. And some. It was considerably bigger than I expected. Size isn’t always my forte…
Neither is buying toilet rolls it seems. Does anyone else have that one thing they always run out of? For me it’s toilet rolls. I’ve lost count of the number of times I thought I had a spare roll only to find I’m out. Just me?!
Hence my reason for being needing to go to pop to the Co-op. Why do we say that?! Why are we popping places? I pop to the shops. I pop to the yard. Another one of life’s mysteries.
Anyway, I now have toilet rolls and a full belly. The pie was lush. No comments needed on the toilet paper.
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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