I’m Ellie. I’m a 36 year-old attorney, my husband is a 37 year-old union stagehand (works a lot of concerts and conventions here in Orlando) and former football/rugby player, we have two daughters (12 and 2) , an ancient cat (Levi) and an adorable but super dopey puggle (Goldie). I have a BA from the University of Notre Dame and a JD from Georgetown, and root for one for football and women’s basketball and the other for men’s basketball. I’ll let you guess which is which.
We recently moved down to the Orlando area from DC where I worked as a federal attorney, and while I do love it here, I’m still homesick for the DMV often. It would be pretty fair to call me a policy wonk. Lol
Prior to law school, I worked as an actor and dancer, including performing in WDW parades and being a “friend” to a couple princesses. My husband and I were married at the Wedding Pavilion and had our reception at the Grand Floridian, and we still spend a lot of time at the parks. We like board games, live trivia, tabletop gaming, video games, arcades and other ridiculously nerdy pursuits. One of the great things about being here in Florida is that we can enjoy all of these traditional “indoor” activities outside! We’re also HUGE sports fans, mostly Chicago-based teams, but we also like UCF and I root for the Seahawks because my oldest daughter’s first crush was on Russell Wilson and so we watched them whenever they were on. She’s got pretty good taste.
Aside from Disney, we love cruising (mostly RCCL) and travel in general. We spend a week on Hilton Head Island every summer, and I think the Carolina low country is one of the prettiest places in the country. I also do a lot of pro-bono work for The DNA Doe Project, which I’m very passionate about. I have an hour commute each way to work, so I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts—mostly true crime/paranormal/conspiracy weirdness.
On a fun note, my recent Ancestry DNA test showed that I’m FAR MORE Norwegian than I’d previously thought, so I’m attempting to pick up Norwegian in my “spare” time, which mostly ends up looking like the Duolingo Owl shaming me for not spending more time on it.