bike wreck!

I had my first bike wreck in DC this morning. In retrospect, I should have taken the bus. The roads were wet and I had a late night last night. There are a lot of crossing guards stationed near my house on weekday mornings and afternoons to facilitate pedestrian activity. They're usually cheerful and I say hi or smile to them. This morning one of them said hi and told me to "be careful on that machine!" Less than a half mile after I passed that crossing guard, another biker hit me. He was riding against traffic on the wrong side of the road, and came at me head-on. We crashed and slid some because the roads were a little slick. He got up immediately to move out of the road and helped me up. I think he was fine. I felt fine at first, just a little shaken from the shock and impact. I'm glad I was wearing my helmet (I always do!). My handlebars were thrown out of alignment, but that's easily fixable. The other rider offered to give me his phone number just in case there was any other damage to the bike/me that wasn't noticeable at first. I rode the rest of the way to work a little shaken and bleeding from my ankle and feeling soreness in my left shoulder. It turns out that I probably landed directly on top of my left shoulder. It is very painful now. I've been icing it with frozen peas!