Well, I drove and didn't lose a measurable amount of my soul, so that's not too bad.

Last night, I took the most intense hill-climbing route home (pulling 2.5 yr old in trailer). I took the sidewalk for the hill. Very good peace of mind. An alternate to that route could also involve a different sidewalk, but it is much wider and higher vis too. This sidewalk was definitely subpar, but still, peace of mind was good.

The day before I did it in traffic, plus accidentally on the middle (not granny) ring, way winded at the top then I have to say. No abuse from cagers unlike Friday, tailgated by horn leaning buffoon. How she could lean on her horn so much w/ that latte and cell phone I don't know.

I have 3, 4 I guess, main choices to bring toddler back a) Straight up main drag (2 lanes each way plus turn, have to change toward the left, blocking freeway lane, right at the top of the climb), long but manageable hill (after a couple yrs of conditioning and regearing anyway) or up side street w/ some traffic but not much hill, then onto either b) short but wayyyyy steep side street, 1 lane (1 lane total I mean) or c) onto main drag at light so my left turn position not so bad on the cages (least hill of all), and then d) this other side street on the other side of the main drag that I took yesterday. Longer hill (so not as steep as b but longer, so more output overall I think). Sidewalk option to defuse impact on cages. d) is pure gold in the am, going down it, lovely and vacant, but in the pm, rush hour, it is more full of cranky cagers than b/c options.