Summer is officially over and here’s what I learned: there are two types of people in this world: the ones who know what the spotted lantern fly is and the ones who don’t. If you’re the former, you found that funny, if you’re the latter, not only did you not get that joke but you’re also the problem.

I am currently sitting at my first “big girl” job where I have my own cubical and a personalized ID (which came out strikingly terrible by the way). I was given no instructions except for that I don’t have any, and lunch is at 12:30, hence, the blog post. So far, the day has been great. My boss is awesome and I already made a work friend, plus the girl sitting behind me has a fake jellyfish aquarium on her desk (if you know me, this is a very big deal).

My boss is taking me out to lunch today, so that’s my next challenge. I don’t do great with a lack of direction so I feel sort of lost as to how to proceed until then.

I feel like a detective right now searching for plausible connections between me and my coworkers. I’m freakishly looking around the room for something that screams “come talk to me if it’s your first day and you’re wondering if it’s weird that you’re typing on your personal computer.” But, alas, there’s no sign, physically and metaphorically, as to what I should be doing. Typing it is.

I have an irrational fear that whatever app I open on my phone will blast some sort of sound, so the phone’s out of the picture. I started sketching in my notebook but got nervous it came off as pretentious like “look at me i’m bored and btw an artist who loves to sketch when she feels lost.” As you can tell, I am very confused.