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 thought I’d take Buddy out for an early morning ride. He was a little surprised to see me. Having not ridden for a week, it felt so good to be back behind my favourite ears. Well maybe my joint favourite ears, I love Bert’s Dumbo ears too.
Decided to treat Buddy to some recover mash when we got back. He managed to knock it all over the box outside his stable. I thought I’d put it far enough away from him while it soaked, but he has a giraffe neck when it comes to food.
He had a proper hissy for trying to get it. It made it rather hard to wash him down.
I got home to a message from Dad saying he was being discharged, so I scrambled to get back down South. Only for him to call when I was on my way to say there was another complication so he wasn’t being discharged after all.
It’s been an emotional ride so far. There have been lots of tears and I may have had a hissy fit of my own at times.
Fingers crossed he’ll be home tomorrow. At least Bert and I are to welcome him when he does arrive.
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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