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!
Today Buddy made a serious misjudgement. Thankfully it wasn’t during our lesson today. No, it was on the way home. Somehow he got his haynet caught on his head collar.
He can be quite the drama llama about things sometimes. This time I think he realised the error of his ways and waited patiently for me to rescue him. That and he’s eaten all of his haylage.
Well it’s hungry work this jumping lark. We had a grids lesson over at World Horse Welfare with Justine Ward. I thought I’d arrive early so I could watch the lesson before mine. Good job too as two people dropped out of it, so I ended up going into the earlier lesson instead. There are many times when I’m grateful that it doesn’t take me long to get ready.
Justine was brilliant as always. Watching the videos back, she really does ride every stride with you. And this time, so did I!
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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