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’m covering at the Chiro’s this week as the receptionist is on holiday. It was a little shock to the system to be peopling on a Monday.
Like a good girl, I made myself some lunch to take with me. I clearly hadn’t had enough coffee as I left it in the fridge. So I popped down to the shop to get myself something for lunch. The joys of the new location is there’s a lot of choice! Too much maybe. I was torn.
Now I love a meal deal. I think I got a good one today. A big salad, a fruit pot and a Starbucks. I clearly wasn’t paying full attention as my salad (chicken pesto and pasta) had chillies in it. I assumed they were tomatoes. And my Starbucks coffee was actually green tea.
The salad I would happily have again. The chillies added a sweetness rather than heat. The same can’t be said about the matcha latte. I’ve had matcha before, it did not taste like this. I wasn’t a fan. Think I’ll stick to coffee in the future…
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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