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!
My brain is a little tired after my two days of training. I wasn’t totally with it this morning while I was peopling. Didn’t help that it took me over an hour to get into the city. A journey that normally takes me 20 mins tops!
The traffic was really bad. So I was late to work. That put me on the back foot. I wasn’t the only one who was tired. Bert was distinctly bleary-eyed this morning. He was very happy to go back to bed while I went to work. He’s been a rather busy boy too.
Now Buddy should have been the eager one having had a few days off. He was yawning his head off when he came in from the field. Still he perked up by the time we got out onto the fields. Judging by the spook he did at a rather terrifying bush (that has been there for many a year), he is feeling very refreshed. At least one of us is…
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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