May 31, 2005 - 4:57 p.m. So I just got back from my very first day of my very first job. I calculate that I have made somewhere in the vacinity of $40 before taxes. Apparently, we managed to get an impressive amount of work done for it being the first day. Ryan and I made a bunch of solutions, mixed them together, and ran their UV-Vis spectra and long story short we get to do the same thing tomorrow. I'm now back in my new room. It's fairly empty, yet it looks like it belongs to me. Last night, I really didn't want to return to my room and face being alone for the first time since August; that insecure feeling I used to get when I missed my mom at slumber parties came back, but I didn't collapse. This afternoon, however, my space is rather quiet and a nice respite from those rambunctious boys that I work with. It turns out that I'm not quite the alien among them that I once thought. I do belong in this group, and working with everyone shows that. Regardless, it was a long day. But in a good way. ...before & after...