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!
Happy Halloween everyone. It’s been a weird day. I’ve felt like I’ve drifted into the rumble strip so to speak.
When I was walking Bert this morning, the tears kept welling up. The veil is thinner today apparently. I felt rather sad and a bit lost. Nothing has happened to prompt it.
It seems I’m not alone in that. I’ve had several conversations today along similar lines. I can’t put my finger on it at the moment. There seemed to be lots of weird and unusual things going on today. Maybe I’m just overthinking stuff.
Still I did get to bask in the sunshine. That felt like it recharged my batteries somewhat.
And I watched Practical Magic, my favourite Halloween type film. Well it’s about witches so felt right. That made me cry too. Maybe I need to cast some spells myself tonight. See if I can conjure up some good stuff for us all!
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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