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!
Bert is rather unimpressed with the weather. He’s spent a lot of today asking to go out. Even though I’ve explained that it’s raining and rather windy.
He’s then torn around the garden like a loon. And begged to come back in. I felt like a bit of a doorman!
This evening he made me laugh by sulking by the door. Don’t be fooled, he’d been out and done his ablutions. He asked to go out again and again, just to bounce around then come back in.
The kittens weren’t impressed either. They’ve both come in like drowned rats. They’re sulking too. I bet Buddy is happy to be tucked up in his stable.
I know I am very grateful that I got the roof sorted out. This is the kind of weather that would have resulted in an indoor water feature. So glad I don’t have to worry about that anymore. It’s funny as I didn’t realise how much it has worried me till it was done…
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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