Will Someone Please Hold My Hand?

Today is my official first day of grad school. I'm not as nervous as I was thanks to yesterday's orientation. Still... I find myself wishing I knew more than I did as far as what to expect, what to do, what not to do, etc... Undergrad is so easy because they hold your hand throughout the entire process. No one's holding my hand now, unless I count my other hand. Why is that? Is it because graduate students are considered to be older, more experienced, and more mature than undergraduates and therefore need less cottling? Or is it that they (collectively referring to graduate schools in general) just don't feel like hassling with it, so they don't, and we're left to fend for ourselves? I've only been out of school for 5 years (ok technically 4.5) and I feel lost. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are older than me, who've been out longer than I have, who are married, have children, work, and/or don't live in the same city as the school. I want desperately for someone to hold my hand, but I don't want to say it too loud. I don't want my fellow students to think I'm incompetant, and I don't want my professors, advisors, etc... to think I'm complaining.

But secretly, I'm still hoping for someone to grab my hand and say, "Come with me. I'll show you the way. And don't worry, everything's going to be just fine."