And my day was going so well...

[wshaffer]

Got off work, went for a nice stroll, had a nice dinner in Palo Alto with Daniel and his parents, who are in town for the summer. Driving back along University Ave., I reach an intersection where a driver is stopped for no reason I can determine. I stop too. Car behind me doesn't stop. Crunch.

The good news: I don't appear to be injured, although I got enough of a jolt that I'll be a bit surprised if I don't have a sore neck or shoulders tomorrow. The car is driveable. The other driver, although he did try to persuade me to settle this without involving our insurance companies, was very cooperative and gave me all the information I needed.

The bad news: Well, my car's gonna need a new bumper for sure. And if I have to skip lifting weights tomorrow morning because I have whiplash, I'm gonna be pissed. Grrr.

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

At least this time you had a car between you and the car that hit you? This is progress of sorts, but not of the sort I would prefer.

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

After the accident, as I was waiting for the adrenaline to subside enough to allow me to drive home, I texted Daniel to let him know that I'd be later than anticipated. I started with "Got rear-ended on University Ave," and then quickly amended that to "My car got rear-ended on University Ave," because the distinction seemed important.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think it was a Stanford student who hit me this time. I'm putting the universe on notice that I'm not actually trying to collect a complete set of vehicular mishaps with undergrads of California's elite universities.