Room enough for Macey and then some!

I did it. I finally did it. I gave up my cool, lost a little of my personality, swallowed my pride and bought, as my friend calls it, a big girl car.  I am officially part of the SUV driving suburban moms club.  Now if I were still in my old part of the city, this move would have been sort of cool and elite and otherwise qualified me as a member of the Marina Mafia. They were the hot chicks in the black luxury SUVs who double-parked anytime, anywhere because the Marina Mafia don't give a s*&t!  But out here it's not cool, nor sexy.  And it's certainly not elite.  It's simply practical. Now I can do playdates and carpool without swapping cars with Parker for the day and I'll have a seat ready and waiting for Macey come September.

Please note that I did not say I joined the minivan club, which is way more popular and has far more members out here!  That's a very important distinction. I haven't yet succumbed to the pressure to join that club and guess what?  I never will.  Never. Ever. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever!  Even if we adopt 5 more kids .. I'll just throw the extras in a trailer and hook it up to the back of my SUV.  My buying decision for this specific vehicle was swayed by its reason for being: "The Infinity JX is a seven-passenger full-size crossover vehicle that is intended to appeal to buyers seeking a premium alternative to traditional minivan or SUV options."  It's the SUV option of a Minivan for us holdouts!  I bought a vehicle that's about as close to a minivan as you can get minus the lower ground clearance and sliding doors.  Its shape closely resembles a jacked up minivan, I hate to say!  I have 3 seats in the second row and 2 seats in the back row which, WHICH!, is accessible by sliding the second row forward.  No more catapulting kids over the second row or making them climb through the back.

I went shopping today and for the first time in a year I just kept opening up the back and throwing stuff in. No more making the kids hold crap or loading my front seat up to window level.  This SUV thing may not be too terrible after all.  That is, so long as I get accustomed to my new, larger size and wider turning radius.  Till then, watch your kids and stay off the sidewalks!  Also take notice of the tire tracks in my front lawn. Backing out one SUV from the garage while another is parked in the driveway is super duper tricky!

It was inevitable, as my little guy's preschool teacher said this morning.  It was.  I needed a car that could fit at least my own 3 kids, and in order to truly be a good and accepted suburban mother, a few other kids as well!  But I'll get used to it.  I hate to admit that it's way more comfortable than the Mini.  Like settling into a barcalounger after having sat on a metal bench for a year, not realizing how terribly uncomfortable the bench was till you got up and couldn't feel anything from your butt down!  It also has a lot more get up and go than the mini.  And it's so quiet and smooth!  And, and, and it's so roomy. And so freaking big that I feel.  Like.  A.  Mom.  No longer young-ish hip city chick!  Goodbye to that girl.  But don't worry, we aren't burying her.  Just putting a wig on her for a while.  It's only a 3 year lease, after all, silly!