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Packing for 20 Days in 8 Countries and a Backpack

July 9, 2018August 8, 20181 Comment

Packing for a three week vacation can be tough. Packing for a three week vacation with a backpack is tougher... but doable!

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I’m Johanna, the 5 to 9 Nomad.

Like most millennials, I’m a typical 9 to 5 office worker always dreaming about my next adventure. But unlike most, I love my job too much to actually leave it. So I like to think of myself as a 5 to 9 nomad; backpacking, traveling, and exploring as much as I can once I’m off the clock. And this blog is my way to document my adventures.

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Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth 🦷

Happy Earth Day! 🌏🌎🌍 Billie and Etta especially love Earth day because they get to celebrate the fact that the Earth makes trees 🌲and trees have branches which turn into their favorite toys:: sticks! 🐶 ... What do you love most about this beautiful planet of ours??!

Ain’t no mountain high, ain’t no valley low, ain’t no river wide enough to keep me from {lovin’ the view} babe ⛰💛

Just a couple more weeks until I’ll be able to plan backpacking and camping trips 🏕 whenever I want without my “just in case” antibiotics from the doctor 👨🏼‍⚕️ 📸 @lah_ris_ahhh

@rei #dividends were just awarded and all I can think about is three things 1️⃣ I suck at New Years Resolutions. 2️⃣ I wasn’t supposed to buy ANYTHING in 2018 yet somehow I ended up with my biggest dividend yet 🎁 3️⃣ This may finally be the year I get my @msr_gear #HubbaHubbaNX2 tent ⛺️

@aquas_us Sea Salt ice cream🍦with fairy dust🧚‍♀️ and unicorn poo🦄 followed by a full body/foot reflexology massage had me feeling like I was floating all day yesterday🧘🏼‍♀️ SO needed after a week of being sick and miserable 🤒💛 📸: @lah_ris_ahhh

I’ve had strep throat 😷 three times in the last month and a half and this week has been the worst with a 102 fever 🤒, body aches, chills, and tonsils so swollen I needed a steroid shot 💉 to alleviate the pain. I’m seeing an ENT next week to hopefully start the process to having a tonsillectomy! 🏥 • While I wait for this appointment I’m going to continue wasting away in bed with nothing but sandpaper water and puppy cuddles 🐶 as I reminisce on much happier and healthier times 😅💐☀️ 📸 @emmaleetravels

Lisa and I drove to Florida ☀️ this weekend to attend what has become my mother’s fifth child the last couple years - the second annual @swflmetsquerade. 💚💗💙 Last year she raised about $90k. This year she raised over $155,000 all for #MetastaticBreastCancer research! 🙀🙀 So many people say it, and they are so right: my mom is freaking Wonder Woman. 🦸🏼‍♀️ Even while she’s been getting chemotherapy and living with more cancerous tumors in her body than any human should have to live with, she devotes any and all (healthy) free time to her family, friends, and fundraising for #MBC. 💙💗💚 I’m so proud to be her daughter and I’m even more excited to host the First Annual Houston Metsquerade this November now! But also a little nervous since I’ve got some rather large shoes to fill 😅👠

I call myself the #FivetoNineNomad because I love traveling but I also love my job 🚀 and I don’t want to give it up to try my hand at being a full-time nomad 🏕 — Unfortunately, because of the government shutdown (which is now officially the longest shutdown in US history) I can’t do either ❌❌ I’m considered a “non-exempted” employee, meaning my position is not essential to support critical safety and security operations for the US government. It’s actually illegal for me to do any work.🚫 — You’d think that during a #governmentshutdown it’d be a great time to vacation 🏝 and enjoy my “time off” without wasting my annual leave 🏔 But, as a result of not being allowed to work I’m also not getting paid 💰💰 along with 800,000 federal employees. So I’ve trimmed my spending to cover the essentials and super cheap entertainment. — I’ve still been trying to make the most of this shutdown by reading 📚 and writing 💻 and finding free and cheap things to do in #Houston. And today I had the chance to do something really meaningful. — I stood in solidarity with NASA employees, TSA agents, union members, students and interns, and other hardworking #Americans as we protested the furlough and asked #congress to take action to end this #shutdown. Hopefully our voices will be heard and this shutdown will end soon. But if not, you can catch me at the next #rally which will be organized by the Houston @afgeunion.

Making the most of this #shutdown-induced extended vacay while I drive back to #Houston from #NewYork 🗽⛸

We had to call it quits a few miles south of the #MasonDixonLine due to weather and an upper respiratory infection. 🤒⛈ But the last four days (and ~40 miles) on the #AT were still some of the raddest days of 2018. Got to experience some incredible views and I learned quite a bit about myself. Already planning my next backpacking trip! 🏕⛴

Made it to Harper’s Ferry, one of the most popular points along the #AT ⛴ and home to the @appalachiantrail Conservancy ⛰ Due to the government shutdown the #ATC is closed but the trails are still open. 🛤 So my little sister and I are about to spend 6 days hiking the West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania back-countries! 🏕

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