well, here goes nothing...

So it’s 2:17 AM and my roommate Jen is snoring like a freight train and I’m sitting here thinking… I need somewhere to put all these thoughts that isn’t screaming into my pillow, you know??

well, here goes nothing…

I’m Elena, I’m 18 (just turned in September!), I’m a freshman at UNC Chapel Hill trying to figure out this whole nursing school thing, and apparently I’m starting a blog now because that seems like a totally normal thing to do at 2 AM on a Wednesday.

I’ve been reading other people’s blogs for months now - there’s this whole world of people just… talking about their lives online and I think that’s kind of amazing? Like, maybe someone out there needs to know they’re not the only one who cried in the Wenzel bathroom after failing their first A&P quiz (spoiler alert: that was me last week).

In the zone

Maybe someone needs to hear that it’s possible to eat ramen for six days straight and still somehow feel optimistic about life.

I don’t really know what this is going to be yet. Maybe I’ll write about nursing school, maybe about the weird things that happen in my dorm, maybe about whatever random thoughts keep me up at 2 AM.

Done and published

I just know I need somewhere to put all this energy that isn’t texting my high school friends who are probably sick of hearing about my college drama anyway.

So… if anyone actually reads this, hi! I’m Elena, I’m 18, I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing with my life but I’m doing it anyway, and welcome to Elena Unfiltered. Fair warning: it’s probably going to be a mess.

The moment it all began