I did it!

This monstrous green beast has been parked in our driveway for just about six months. Over that entire time, Matt has been the designated driver whenever we took it out for a cruise. Quite frankly, I was scared to drive it. I mean, it's HUGE. It doesn't even fit in a regular parking space. It's too tall to clear the ceilings in parking garages. I have to climb up three very high steps just to get into it. But today, I drove it. All by myself (well, myself and my half-dozen children along for the ride.)I didn't get into an accident, and we all are home safely. I needed to run some errands, and our mini van was in for service, so my destiny awaited. Funny, because I remember being just as scared to drive our mini van when we bought it. At the time, it was much bigger than anything I'd ever driven before, having mostly owned two-door subcompacts up until that time. Compared to the Green Giant here, my mini van looks like one of those circus clown cars: you open the door, and people just keep climbing out. This beast at least was engineered to hold that many people.