The Toe, The show and other stories

My mother had her surgery yesterday 

My sister brought her to Dublin on Thursday 

And the operation happened early yesterday morning

My Dad stayed here while they were away

And we busied ourselves cooking and cleaning 

And generally making the house nice and comfortable for her

They arrived home today late afternoon

Mums foot is bandaged tightly 

And she has to wear an orthopaedic sandal

We helped her in to the house 

And on to the couch

The general anaesthetic has made her very ill last night 

So she just had tea and toast and water 

We sat and chatted for a while 

Mum told is all about the hospital and the staff who were nothing short of brilliant

Then I helped her put away her things 

And in to her pyjamas 

She's not as incapacitated as I thought she would be 

She can use crutches 

And get to the bathroom ok

But she needs to help changing her clothes and things like that 

So right now me and mum are in the living room 

She is relaxing 

And I am blogging 

She will need a lot of looking after for the foreseeable future

But I don't mind one little bit 

She has often done it for me

Mums operation has been a great distraction for me 

Given what is happening tomorrow 

The show in my equestrian centre

The dressage show to be more precise 

Myself and Star are making our debut!

I can't lie 

I am nervous 

I really don't know what to expect of the show 

I'm hoping there won't be too many people there 

As lots of people make me anxious 

I basically have to do a routine with Star 

There are different letters around the arena 

And you walk or trot depending on the instructions 

All in all 

I've only done the full course about five times 

And I definitely dont know the course of by heart 

But look

I will give it a go 

It will be fun

And good experience for me 

Myself and Star are building a nice little relationship 

And he has started to co-operate with me 

Which is great 

So I spent the evening getting my clothes  ready for tomorrow 

Eilish gave me some proper riding boots

Which I cleaned up 

I'm wearing olive coloured trousers

A grey top

And a grey fitted jacket

So hopefully I will look the part

Anyway 

I'm off to have dinner

Wish me luck tomorrow!

I promise beaucoup de photos....