So I broke my face in a collision with a minivan; it was parked. It was a tax-related accident: I was on my way from the tax office to the ward office to fix a mistake that I had made on my tax form which had caused them to charge me twice for my local taxes. It's not important; there was a long sloping hill and I was going down it, avoiding some pedestrians, going around a minivan; and then the chain broke, the bike wobbled back and forth, and the next thing I knew, I was coughing up blood at the edge of the road. Some people came to help me and called the paramedics. That was the 12th of June. Today is the 4th of July and I just got out of the hospital after having surgery to reconstruct my cheek bones. They broke on both sides, shifting my teeth by two millimeters. That doesn't sound like a lot, but it makes one's teeth not fit together. So now that my teeth are mostly realigned, I can eat liquids and soft foods for a month until my bones grow back together. Here are the daily photos of my progress.

事故の次の日
the day after

初めて立ち上がったの木曜日
I finally sat up on Thursday

友達は大切だ、パンダに見えるのに
Heather came to visit! She looks so much better than I do.

金曜日の夕方、母親が上京した。。。やさしい！
My momma came on Friday.

歯、歯、歯
Does one really need a full set of teeth?

やっと退院
the day I left the hospital

This is my third time with braces.

小石川植物園で友達と偶然に会った
We ran into a friend of mine in the botanical gardens.

My eyes scared children.

I don't know where this crazy bruise came from.

手術の前
the day before surgery

よく覚えていない手術の後
after surgery I felt awful

arh, shiver me timbers

やっと終わった、再び退院の日。これから一ヶ月間ずっとご飯を飲む。
The worst is over.