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 made me laugh today. The post, not the Microsoft outage. I love it when people put a positive spin on things.
I had to do the same. Hardly ideal losing several hours so close to the biggest event I work on, but when life gives you lemons…
Or in my case, you take your dog for a long walk and pop your horse over a few jumps.
It’s a funny one. In someways, I found a lack of emails rather frustrating. In others, it was rather liberating. Just goes to show how reliant we are on technology. And how we all benefit from unplugging once in a while (voluntarily or forced).
Still I ended the day all caught up so all ends well. I’m sure the same can’t be said for the people at Microsoft. I bet there are some tired, stressed people right now. Having spent many years working in IT, I feel for them. Technology is great. Till it stops working. A timely reminder that maybe, just maybe, we shouldn’t put all of our eggs in one metaphorical basket…
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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