On My Black Eye

Most of the tenderness related to my black eye has gone away, but the nice dark purple color has not. With the tenderness being gone, I tend to forget I have a pretty good black eye until I talk to someone who's not aware that I have a black eye. Many people don't say anything, I can just see it when they notice my eye and their eyes are drawn to it. Then I remember, "Oh yeah, I have a black eye." I don't offer an explanation if they don't comment on it.

One of the guys on my team, who had not seen me this week, came to my desk today to ask a question. He started in on his question and then noticed my eye, "What the h*** happened to you?" immediately followed. He got an explanation.