Well, today is my first first day of school that I’m not attending. It feels weird that for the first time in nine years, I am not waking up at the crack of dawn, posing for a picture on our front porch with my siblings. It feels weird that for the first time in five years, I’m not waking up and pulling on my familiar Oakland Catholic High School plaid skirt and blazer. It is even more odd that for the first time in four years, I am not waking up in a dusty dorm room tangled up in my bright purple and blue comforter, hoping I’ll have enough time to grab a latte before class.

It’s interesting, to sit and watch as an outsider now, someone who only now hears about what’s going on at her old elementary school through her 7th grade sister. It’s the first year in the history of the Oczypok girls going to OC that we have no one in that high school. It’s just incredibly odd thinking about the next stage in my life, the first day of my first job.

I still have yet to obtain a job as my own, but I do have some interviews tomorrow in D.C. Did you ever read something, or hear from someone a particular thing and just realize that it was meant for you? Well, I saw these posts and knew right away that they were for me. The determination I have with obtaining this job is almost frightening in a sense. I have waited all summer for the perfect job to come my way, and I firmly believe this is it. I plan to be a hard-working, pleasant delight and I am so incredibly excited about tomorrow. Besides, if things happen to not work out, I’ll at least get to see my friends who I’ve missed so terribly these past few months!