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 ticked another long overdue item off my to do list today. Well two in fact. First was my eye test. Still need reading glasses, but my distance is above average – for my age. Why does that need to be a factor?! Why can’t it just be celebrated?
I wasn’t best pleased when she used the words ‘people nearing 60…’ Thanks for that! I am so not ready to face that milestone. I have four years to get my head round it.
Who knows what the world will look like in four years?
The second was to put a trellis up to support my rose. This involved power tools, so always a risk in my hands. My aim was to encourage this rose to grow up the wall. The lack of trellis has meant it was rather tangled so it did take a little bit of time to sort it out. Hopefully it’ll be easier to train it now.
I have another tell us that needs to go up at the front. I didn’t want to push my luck today. Drilling two holes without issue was a success. I was happy to stand back and admire my handy work. And given my distance eyesight, that could be a long way back…
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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