Back in the Drivers Seat

I'm the only one who drives in our household, since one of us is still learning to drive and the other one is only three weeks old. I had SPD during my pregnancy, which got quite bad towards the end. Basically it causes pain around the hips and pelvis and made it difficult for me to walk, let alone drive, which meant that I hadn't driven for around four months... until today! It's a miracle my car even started after that long, and it's amazing how much you feel like you've forgotten after that length of time. I'm used to the car feeling like an extension of my body, like you sort of just flow along the road. Getting back in the car gave me that I'm-driving-a-giant-tank feeling that you get when you start to learn to drive. We made a little trip down to Ikea in the next town, and by the time I was pulling back onto our driveway, I'd got that wonderful feeling back, I can still drive after all! It was also the first time we'd taken Katie out without someone else to help us, since we'd been relying on other people to take us everywhere. It actually went quite smoothly, and she slept through :)