i'm spending a bunch of time for a while working in the test lab here. it's down on the first floor, in a building that really doesn't use the first floor at all, and way back in the corner. there are no windows, and the hallways down there are all poured concrete, painted in bright colors to help you find your way around.

but i'm finding it more comforting than i had expected. it smells like the building that my mother used to work in, that i worked in for several summers. it smells familiar and grownup and good.