Maybe Broke my Ankle

I left the house around 19:00 hours Friday night and headed on up to the fire house. I got there and LeeAnn was there. I parked and went inside the station and the Utility was gone. In the back was the stuff we got free from the Forestry Department, including two Scott Air Packs. I tried one on and I don't care too much for them. They seem heavier then the MSA's that we have. Troy and Bubba then got back with the Utility and one of Troy's trailers and they parked in the station. Bubba and Troy then went home to get ready for tonight. I then went in the old fire house and took a look at where the Thermometer was at. It is behind an awful lot of stuff that needs to be moved to get it out. Bubba then came back up and then Schoffstall and his dad showed up. We then started getting in the van. Martha then came over and got in and then Lyle and his friend Justin Hoover. Troy was the last to get there and when he got in off we went. We stopped at Shell and I grabbed a Gatorade for on the way home and once everyone was done, we contiuned on over. We got over there and it really looked crowded and we actually had to park on the other side of the bar. Boy did I ever have fun. I lost count of how many Coors Lights I had. I do know that I had a Yeager Bomb, a Buttery Nipple, a shot of Sudden Death, and a Jolly Rancher. Then the bad part of the night came. When it was time for us to leave, Bubba went outside to the van awhile and I followed him shortly afterwards. I came out of the bar and stepped off of the porch and somewhere along the line I either tripped or hit a ditch and ended up twisting my ankle. Apparently I ended up hitting the building and then slowly slid down the wall until I was sitting on the ground. Apparently I stayed that way for a few minutes. I know I heard Bubba yell over to me in between him laughing and asked if I was ok and I said that I didn't know. Dave then came out and helped me up and helped me over to the van and I then got in and off we headed on home. Once back at the station I hobbeled on over to my car and Hoover wanted Lyle to drive me home. I told him that I was fine and Lyle could follow me if he wanted to. So Lyle followed me home. Once at home and in the house, I said to my mother that I was home and going to bed. By that time my ankle was starting to bother me and it hurt a little to walk on. I went to bed around 03:00 hours and got up at 07:10 hours this morning when my alarm went off. I got up and I got out of bed and that was when the pain really hit me. I hobbeled out to the kitchen and that was when my mother first saw me hobbling along. She asked what was wrong and I told her I tripped coming out of the bar. She had me sit down and took a look at my ankle. She then had my father take a look at it and neither of them wanted me to go help at the chicken bbq at the church. I told them to just wrap it and I would be good for the morning. My mother ended up getting a compression sock type of thing for the ankle for me and I put that on and changed into street clothes and then left at 07:35 hours and headed up to the fire house. I got there and Katina, LeeAnn, Bill and Kenny were already there. The Utility was pulled out and they had a few things loaded into the back of the trailer including charcoal. They asked me how much charcoal I use for each compartment and I said about 4 to 5. So we loaded the charcoal up and then I got my gear and put it in the back of the Utility and Kenny did the same thing and then we headed on down to the church. Once there we got the trailer set up and it took us awhile to get the fires going. Bill and Kenny had to run back and bring in some more charcoal and lighter fluid. Bill then ran into McDonald's and got me something to eat for breakfast. Jason then showed up and then my father showed up. Bubba and Jean showed up later on in the morning. We were finished by 11:20 hours and started cleaning up. We then took everything back to the station and cleaned it up some more and put everything away and then I left and headed on home to prop my right foot up and get some ice on it. I then ate lunch and read the paper. I left the house at 15:15 hours and headed on up to the fire house. Troy and Robby were sitting in Robby's truck talking. LeeAnn was also there. Lonny then got there and Kenny came down and Bubba came up. We then loaded our gear up. I went down on the Engine with Bubba, Lonny and LeeAnn, Troy and Robby went in the Utility. We stopped at Shell and I picked up something to eat and two bottles of Gatorade and once everyone else got what they wanted, we continued on down. We got down there and Dave, Bisking, and Matt were down there. The guys from Eville showed up then and me and Bubba got the truck belts. We then went through quite a few stations. The first was the rescuing an unconscious person via a ladder. I teamed up with LeeAnn and was the person that stayed on the ladder and carried the dummy down. I did pretty good with that and my ankle I thought did pretty good. We then moved on to advancing hoselines. Me and Troy took a 2-1/2" up the interior stairwell and attacked a fire on the second floor. Then me and Bubba took a 1-3/4" up a ladder and then down the interior stairs and attacked a fire on the first floor. We then took a quick break. The a few of us went with Joey and went over the ladders station and then we switched off and went with Dave and he went over the hydrant connections station with us. We then put all the hose and tools away and went over to take a look at the maze. Troy and Robby then went through the maze. We then put everything else away and then left. Robby and Troy went to Taco Bell to eat and we stopped at Hardee's and I got something to eat. We then stopped and Shell and got fuel and then continued on back to the station. Once there I unloaded my gear and hung a few thigns up to dry and then helped hang hose. I left there around 23:20 hours and headed on home. Once at home I took about 30 minutes and propped my leg up and put some ice on it. I then took a bath and am soon going to bed as I am tired.