That's not blood on my napkin; it's beet juice and chili.

Don't you hate it when you bite the inside of your mouth when eating? As if the pain weren't enough, the area then swells up, which makes it more likely that you will bite yourself. Again. In the same spot.

I bit the inside of my lip on Saturday. At lunch yesterday, I hit the same spot five times, but only once at dinner. The spot seems a little less swollen this morning, and I haven't bitten it yet as I eat my breakfast, so maybe it's finally healing.

(I ate them separately, of course. The beets were in my salad; the chili was on my hot dogs.)