Author: langlep

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!

Vitamin D

After returning to fleeces and jumpers this week, the shorts were deployed again today. Gosh it’s been beautiful here, but so hot. I rather stupidly decided to sort out the greenhouse this morning. Talk about roasting!! Still I had a very productive few hours in my garden sitting the veg out.

Then popped Buddy over a few jumps. He got a gold star today. I’ve had him on a different supplement and it really seems to have made a difference. So that’s good. I’ve also bought him an infrared poll guard as he gets very tight there. That seems to be relaxing him too.

Thought I’d catch the final rays of sun in the garden. While I love the fact Nero wants to be with me, I’m not sure he’s got the hang of sunbathing. As if I need a hot water bottle…

All in all today has been a very good day.

Always take snacks

Buddy made me laugh today as he insisted on taking a snack with him on our hack. He looked like quite the hillbilly. Great hack. Think the boys were happy that we can canter out again. Buddy showed me he’s still got a good turn of speed on him as we shot off up the track. Just what I needed after feeling pants this week.

Find your sparkle

The world seems to have gone a little weird again. I’m not a political person. I try to see the best in everyone and everything. But it’s really hard to get your head around things when there’s so much noise again. It’s OK that we have differences. It’s OK that we think differently. It’s OK. The past doesn’t change just cause we try to rewrite it or erase it. Things don’t change unless we change the present and the future.

This is one of my ‘Pipisms’. I posted it on my business page, but it feels right to post it here too. There’s always something good. That’s why I started this blog. It’s helped me find my sparkle on the darkness days.

Nature’s metaphors

What a stunner! It’s a poppy yes, but a different colour to the other poppies in my garden. But just as beautiful. The other poppies don’t shun it because it’s not the same as them. They embrace it and give it just as much space as they have.

Sometimes you can learn a little bit just by looking around you. Nature is a wonderful metaphor for the good in life.

Embrace your flaws

This picture cracks me up. Not a clue what I was so confused about?! I’m fortunate that I usually take a good photo, but none of us are perfect. So it’s always good to embrace that fact! And always be able to laugh at yourself.

I’m feeling so much better today, not sure what yesterday’s snotfest was about. But there you go. I did an amazing meditation last night – to heal colds and flus. I feel asleep during it, that never happens! Did the trick though.

I’m still a little snotty (insert your own jokes), but a lovely hack out did me the power of good. Buddy got his groove on and was striding down the road.

It’s OK to rest

Well we haven’t had this view for a while! I woke up with a snotty nose, sore sinuses and a banging headache. Typical when I had a lovely day planned.

So today I’ve rested and listened to my NLP course. It’s audio files so I’ve sat in the conservatory and absorbed the information as best I can.

Hugo has spent most of the day asleep on my lap. My head is a little fuzzy now – from the snot and NLP. Don’t get me wrong, I’m loving learning it, but it does make your head hurt sometimes.

Hoping to being back to my normal scintillating self tomorrow…

Stretch

Dodo was very interested in Pilates today. I needed it after all the painting yesterday. She managed to sit in front of the camera to watch, which the other participants found a little distracting. All I could hear was cooing rather than the usual groaning…