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"I have had a really surreal couple of days that I can&amp;#039;t tell you about yet, but suffice it to say I&amp;#039;m working on something that might be really, really awesome for me. Part of getting a chance at this awesome as-yet-unmentioned thing is that I had to meet and sort of make a &amp;quot;pitch&amp;quot; to someone, and I was really, really nervous. Everyone (including the person I met with) told me to just relax and be myself. &amp;quot;You can do this!&amp;quot; My friends said. &amp;quot;You just be good old awesome you and they&amp;#039;ll love you and anything you do!&amp;quot;  Did I mention my friends are the best? Anyway, it turns out that being myself is actually pretty hard. Especially when the truth of the situation is that I don&amp;#039;t really know exactly who Ellie is anymore. I know who she wants to be. I know who she&amp;#039;s tired of being. I know some days she feels pretty good about herself but most days she just feels like she&amp;#039;s treading water. But I managed to make it through the pitch, and I managed to do it without embarrassing myself too badly, either, which was no mean feat when the guy they had me talking to was attractive and incredibly nice. I felt like I was going to start giggling madly any second. Can you tell I haven&amp;#039;t dated much? Sheesh! I&amp;#039;m a mess. So anyway, that&amp;#039;s how it&amp;#039;s going for Ellie the double-job working, frequently exhausted, &amp;#039;tired of waiting for life to happen and needs to get a plan&amp;#039; single Mom. Hopefully this will be part of that plan. Keep your fingers crossed for me in the meantime, would you? I promise, I&amp;#039;ll keep you posted with what I can! [Follow Ellie on Twitter and Facebook] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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