I Love Technology

Thanks to cell phones and text messaging, I have been able to keep in touch with Chloe as she travels with the band to New York City and Doylestown, PA. Thanks to Internet banking I can pretty much tell where she is snacking, eating and buying her souvenirs! The online banking was a surprise perk. We opened a checking account with an ATM/check card so she wouldn't need to carry so much cash; I never intended it to be a way to 'track' her spending. (Her older siblings are very upset that she was able to have a check card at 16; they needed to wait until 18. But that is only because I thought they weren't 'allowed' to have checking accounts until they were 18.) Katie was home for the evening last night and shared at dinner that she had sent Chloe a text message around 1 PM that afternoon. Technology is GREAT.


Chloe and I chatted a little bit via text messages yesterday morning and I learned that she slept a little on the bus overnight and that as of 9 AM they had not stopped for their 7 AM breakfast break. So much for a schedule. :-) She did not have a seat companion so she was able to use both seats in her row. This is a good thing. She was afraid between leaving school on Wednesday afternoon and report time Wednesday evening she would be assigned a bus buddy. At 1 PM she told Katie she was desperate for a shower. At 9:30 PM she called to ask if she could purchase a WICKED T-shirt and at 11:30 PM she called to let me know they were back on the bus and she couldn't wait to be fully horizontal for at least 6 hours! This morning she sent me a message that breakfast was Starbuck's and she was considering a 3RD cup of coffee! Love it.


Their plan for today was a matinee performance of the New York Philharmonic and then a tour at the Empire State Building. After lunch and the tour they are scheduled to head out of the city to rehearse, but as of the beginning of the week they did not have a location for said practice.

The weather is cool but I think Chloe went prepared. I'm just hoping they don't get the rain tomorrow that we have today. That could make for a miserable day as they wait to perform.

I hope she will check in with me later today, but I will try very hard not to be disappointed if I don't hear from her. I just want her to have a fabulous time.