I know it's been pretty dead here since the move, but there's just not a lot to report on. I'm more anxious about the waiting around than I am about the actual hike - though once I'm en route next week, that could all change.
For now, I'm still at my moms. Tuesday I'll head to my sister's place for the last two nights in Massachusetts. Thursday afternoon I catch a train to NYC, and Friday morning we drive south.
I've made some adjustments to my gear, but not much significant. I did cave in and got myself a decent North Face rain jacket that was on sale 30% off at a local outfitter, so I can ditch the cheap-ass Frogg Toggs now.
My big concern is no longer weight, it's bulk. Now that I've packed some clothes in with the rest of my gear (sans sleeping pad and inflatable pillow, which are in use), I'm having a difficult time envisioning what I'll do when I need to take off my down jacket. It compacts, but I'm already pretty bulked up. When I'm at my sisters place I should have more room to work with, allowing me to spread all my stuff out and try several different packing configurations. If I'm smart and persistent, I should be able to find a way to make it all fit without needing a fucking shoehorn every time I need to retrieve an item.
But organizational skills were never my forte...
About this blog... I may work on the branding (for lack of a better term) a little. While writing about mental illness in relation to this hike is still important to me, it may not be helpful to have that as the primary focus.
So, I'll probably try finding a better title for the blog at the very least, and allow myself to post shorter and sillier stuff in addition to my self indulgent introspectives on my struggles with anxiety and depression.
After all, as serious as I tend to get a lot of the times.... there's a lot to be said for opening one's self up to the absurd. It's good to be silly, sometimes!
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