some sage suggestions–what to leave out, what to add, and, most importantly, how to pack it all. at the end of our two-hour session, i step on to the scale, first without my pack, and once again wearing it. i am delighted to see that my fully loaded pack comes in at slightly under twenty pounds. i truly believe she must offer a course on packing smart.
almost overnight i feel i am morphing into that twenty-something-year-old single girl, circling back to take the other fork in the road from which i turned away when i was that age. back then i chose education, work, and family, all of which i 