More Ryan: Brag and Sad

Yay for Ryan. Sad for Ryan...

Now for the story you've been waiting for. So, work was good. I was
doing an awesome job today. Sgt. Tarte told Sgt. Trav to put me in for
the 'hard charger' award since I am doing 'a job far above my paygrade'
to put it in Tarte's words. Mainly he was saying that I am doing the
job of Rover (the other shift Rovers are not below a SSgt) and that I am
pretty much in charge of how Rover is operated on all shifts and that
should get some recognition. It was nice to hear from someone on
another shift that he thinks I am doing a terrific job.

So I continued to work after that comment since I had stuff to get done and I was
loading an air compressor onto a trailer when I slipped and had the
'kickstand' (about a half-inch thick, one inch by three inch piece of
steel attached to a leg) land on my inner thigh. Now this air
compressor weighs about 300 pounds. So having three hundred pounds
crashing on my inner thigh from a height of about four feet did not feel
good at all. It scratched me up really good and I immediately started
bruising. With that happening I couldn't really walk all that well so
they took me to the hospital. So I showed up there and they said
nothing major happened. Just some scratches and a pretty deep bruise in
the muscle. So they gave me some extra strength Tylenol and sent me on
my way. It hurts really friggen bad.