I’m dubious, to say the least. “Hiking? Gina, you and I walked the mile every single P.E. class from third grade to senior year. That’s horizontal, and I still hated it. Now, you want me to go uphill?”
“That’s my point exactly,” she insists. “You were miserable for every single one of the twenty-three minutes it took us to walk that mile. Imagine how insufferable you’ll be when there’s elevation involved?”
My lips purse up as I think through the scenarios. “I’m not totally sure that’s a compliment, but okay, fine. I guess I’m just not sold. We really think that some mildly irritating exercise is gonna work when literally nothing else has?”
Gina shrugs. “If you have better ideas, I’m all ears.”
I press my forehead flat to the tabletop as I think. “I wish I could just stick him on the mo
