Lisa,
It'll be good to have you back in the co-pilot seat. Hasn't been the same without you the past couple of years, because when I was screaming like a girl I didn't have anybody to blame it on.
You're not limited to just the VX run; you're welcome to shot gun any of the other trails too.
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."
-Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless