About two months ago, I lived in Baltimore, Maryland. Now, I live in a city that just became the fourth largest city in South Dakota- Brookings. Moving from an extremely urbanized city into a city that is in the middle of nowhere, I assumed that my life would change drastically. I was right, but it didn’t change the way I expected it to.
My name is Eleni. No, don’t call me that. I go by Lena; it’s easier to pronounce. I’ve had about three people pronounce my real name right the first time, so I started going by that.
My interests include writing, revising, rewriting, and reading. And running, when I can be pried away from the paper.
This is my story.
I managed to get through the last month of summer all right, surfing the Internet on my laptop outside in the shade of one of the few large cottonwoods in our backyard. For this time of the year, my mom said the weather was gorgeous, and it was. I slowly began to feel more comfortable with my surroundings.
I was completely unprepared for what would happen two weeks later.
