My Mum and I had been happily gardening all afternoon in our shared vegetable plot, weeding, raking, hoeing and breaking up the soil. The sun had been shining down on us and the sky was the bluest it had been all year, with the birdsong at full pelt. We were feeling high on life, plus making good ground work and excited to start actually sowing seeds into the blank canvas, which was our carefully prepared soil, when it happened... I trod into an uneven plot hole, twisted my ankle and heard it crack, as I fell over the raised bed and onto a mound of nettles. Ouch all over. I cried out in pain and my mum rushed to my side. She called out to my husband, who stayed beside me, while she went to get ice wrapped in a tea towel. I was scared to move my foot in case I couldn't but after five minutes, I gave my toes a wiggle, thank goodness. I was heaved into a chair and my leg raised onto a bin with an ice pack to cool down my injury. My older daughter looked everywhere without luck for the crutches she had used over lockdown when she badly sprained her ankle. My husband later had to give me a piggyback indoors, as I couldn't put any weight on it and am useless at hopping. I got myself settled on the sofa under an electric blanket as I'd began to shiver and he made me dinner while I watched a comedy show.
It is weird how everything can change in a split second. Yesterday, I was full of energy doing all my usual chores, Pilates, then long awaited gardening in fair weather after all the rain, and looking forward to today, which is the anniversary I met my husband 33 years ago and having a romantic meal together. Instead, I am laid up in bed with my foot elevated, applying ice every few hours, writing this, reading my book or scrolling online. I have just had my younger daughter visit me and Lola, our dog, who has kept me company all day on the bed. My Mum popped over to make me tea, bring me flowers and have a chat. I have been texting with my friends all day. I am very lucky to be so well looked after. I am going to A&E to get an X-ray tomorrow, as not sure if it is sprained or broken. Today, I don't really fancy sitting for hours in a waiting room but do fancy watching a movie and eating pizza in bed with my husband, which is what I dreamed a good marriage would consist of when I was younger.
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