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’ve had a day of meeting up with former Virgin Money work colleagues. First I headed over to coffee with one. Then this evening three more came round to meet Bert and have a curry.
Clearly Bert was a big hit. He was also very enamoured with the knuckle bone we was brought. I can’t say I was as enamoured with scrapping sound. Slightly off putting when you’re trying to eat.
Thankfully the conversation was loud enough to drown him out.
I think it’s wonderful that we still get together and have so much to catch up on – even though we haven’t worked together for six years! But then I have so many friends that I’ve met through work. You spend so much time together, it’s easy to become a part of each others lives. I wonder who my longest serving former work colleague is.
As I was leaving my coffee catch up, I spotted this gorgeous doggie. Wonder what Bert would make of it…
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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