I worked, and since it was a holiday and traffic was light, I decided it was the perfect day to ride up Bridgetown Rd, the big hill I've been avoiding all these years. It's a 2 part-er, and gets steeper near the top, where it crosses rt 1 at a big intersection. It was a piece of cake! I felt like I really accomplished something when I got to the top.
I still won't ride down it (I've never seen anyone bike down it). I'm not afraid of the steepness, but it's heavily travelled, has a rock barrier in the middle, a blind corner halfway down, and lots of potholes. It would have to be a major holiday (national no car day, maybe) for me to want to try.
Yay me.