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!
Bert’s ears are getting lighter. In colour I mean. Not weight. They’re still rather large spaniel ears. They’ve definitely got the ombré look. I’m sure people would pay a lot of money to recreate it.
It’s funny how he’s changing. His tail is getting lighter too. I’m sure he’s had another growth spurt. He seems to have gone longer again.
Either that or he’s wearing his legs out with all the running around. Today he excelled himself on his puppy play date with Barney. He found a ball. When I say found, he was a bit faster than the dog it was aimed at. At one point, he had quite a collection as he took it on himself to ‘rescue’ all of the balls in the dog park.
The funniest thing was that one of the owners was laughing as her dog wasn’t interested in playing with the ball so she kept throwing it for Bert. Job for life that one. She was happy to amuse him. She was impressed with the way he dropped the ball at her feet too.
Of course, he returned the ball before we headed off. What is it with dogs and balls?! Must be the same as cats and boxes huh?!
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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