keep your head up

so...i'm cycling home from bethania (laura's oma has her 100th birthday this weekend) and i am coming through the exchange on donald. at ellice, i am in the right lane, i see a van and car ahead of me, as the light changes to green i see the white van ahead of me start to move forward. i do a quick shoulder-check so i can pull into the next lane in order to get around the van - what i didn't see was the car ahead of the van stopped causing the van to stop. can you see where this is going. because i thought the van was moving (giving me more room to make my lane change) i was quite unprepared when i looked up to see the van stopped. oops. well i crashed into the back of van. crap. it was more of a glancing blow than a head on crash. i look at my bike and the handle bars are twisted, but otherwise everything appears to be alright. oh well, better go to talk to the driver and appologize for hitting his vehicle. as i walk around the van i see some lettering on the side of the van, p-o-l-i-c-e. f*$#. expecting to get an earful from the officer, i was pleasently surprised by his very sympathetic concern for my well being. he said he saw the whole thing unfold and was not surprised by what happened. he made sure i was alright (physically yes - ego wise; not so good), and we exchanged information - protocol on his part - and then continued on our ways.

maybe i really am crash

(this post has been edited upon recommendation of laura who thought the first version sounded like i experienced some brain truama as a result of the collision - such a harsh critic)