Car Rear Ended on the GW Parkway

If only you could restart the day and make other decisions. We weren’t going to go in to town this morning for a walk but decided to at the last minute. We got on the GW Parkway as usual and soon after saw the “merge left” signs. We always merge before getting to the end. So the blinker was on and we moved left in to the lane that was already stopped up and crawling along for the ongoing road repairs that have been going on for the last several weeks. Then I heard the brakes squeal and a car hit us from behind. We called the police and the park police who told us to move along if there wasn’t serious injury or damage. At least it was reported. To make a long story short the day was ruined. Her front end was affected and our rear end was messed up enough that it is going to require body work. So the rest of the morning was spent talking to her insurance company to figure out next steps. Now we need to wait to hear from them and get the car repaired. We are not anticipating a hassle but one never knows. I just feel very shaken and out of sorts - my neck, knee and shoulder feel a bit odd. Having not been in an accident we weren’t sure what we needed to do. I took photos of everything but it wasn’t easy during rush hour on this very busy parkway. Rather than continue the ride to town we came home. No walk after all. If only we just stayed in the neighborhood today.