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!
This is definitely not what you want to see on a Friday evening on the M25. Yes, I’m back home again. Interesting journey. Delays everywhere so I came back a different route. Even thought I know the route, it did feel like it took forever…
Honestly I feel a bit like a boomerang at the moment. My Dad is still in hospital and looks like it’ll be next week when he’s discharged, so I came home to wait it out. It’s frustrating for us both. More delays there too.
So where are the positives I’m sure you’re wondering. Well my Dad is still with us and being looked after. Better to find out what’s going on with him rather than discharge him. He’d have boomeranged too.
Even thought my journey took over 4 hours to get home, I have a comfortable car with air conditioning. I don’t miss the Comedy Car in the hot weather.
Bert is an awesome passenger. I barely know he’s there! He curls up in the back and sleeps most of the journey.
I put some music on and sang my heart out to make the journey go faster. Maybe that’s why I forget Bert is there? He’s got his paws over his ears…
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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