Independence

Chinese lessons, a trip to the hairdresser and then a sleepover for kate with Lile. Monday was the extra day but Arnie had to work, so Kate and I had a girls day. The kick off event was a trip uptown to Jodell's house to pick up the Mac that she gave me. Me. that's the operative word. And I am sharing that Mac with Kate who now has 3 computers on her desk. Arnie's old computer, a small mini computer and now the new MAC which Kate advised me this morning in a knowing voice is "old." Aren't we all

And Friday morning I had breakfast with a friend who indicated politely I was insane not to have given Kate texting privileges. Ok, Ok. It wasn't about Kate actually and whether or not I could trust her, it was much more about me. I'm wanting to be protective and was freaked out about the idea of cyber bullying. All my chat rooms are full of stories about girls bullying each other and I've certainly read Rachel Simmons' books and articles about this. Kate acted all street tough when I ran this past her. Don't worry,she said, if some one tries to bully me, then I'll just stop talking to them. She has no idea how nasty this can be but apparently I had no idea how important the idea of texting was to her, so I reluctantly agreed. We got a plan with 250 texts a month so all you people who want to text kate, be aware that she may be in perpetual hock if she goes over 8 texts a day!