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Typing this at work, which so far has been OK today. Watched a couple of videos, and now they're going to start putting me to work. Yesterday was a bit of a snoozer. More lectures irrelevant to me, then they had me reading a policy manual, then I had to go get tested for TB. I have an appointment tomorrow to find out. I seriously doubt anything will turn up. Then I finished the online courses everyone has to take. And that was my day yesterday.

After that, I went to the graduation of my old high school to see friends that were one year behind me and just now getting out. The principal informed the students that because of their AP test scores, the high school is in the top 4% of high schools in the nation. It also happened to be the 50th graduating class of that high school. So kudos all around. Sadly, I did not see all of my friends there, as some of them bolted not long after the ceremony was over. That made me sad, as I will miss them. I wish them all the best.

This whole experience -- seeing some of my friends for possibly the last time, coupled with this new job -- has me feeling sort of isolated. I feel like I've lost touch with everybody I knew. I'm the youngest person in the lab. I have maybe one person who I feel comfortable talking to. The whole experience has been a little intimidating. And disorienting.

I think I need to do something -- maybe get out of Charlottesville and go to B-Burg to see some friends. Or maybe I need to talk to some of my old high school friends. But I just need to see a familiar face.