Everyone has eyes in a small town

I love living in a small town.  As it is, our current town, still definitely a small town, is much bigger than our former community.  It is still a small town though, and people know each other...especially when our entire lives pretty much revolve around the school, and we attend church.  We know people, and they know us.

This has been part of Robert's undoing throughout his teen years.  Before he left for career school and was attending our home high school, he never really could figure out that his father worked in the building, and I was there often.  Skipping classes and lying to his teachers was not going to go unnoticed.  His most recent round of trouble in October all began unravelling when I received a text from someone who had seen him in town.  It was actually a fairly innocent text just mentioning she had seen him with someone, but she had no idea he didn't have permission for that.  It all began to fall apart for him.

And of course, with my husband and I both working in the school (and 90% of my days being at the high school) we talk about the students and they can't get away with things either.  I had a student that I know my husband also has.  I was in for my husband for four consecutive days while he was "playing principal" last week and while he was on a school trip earlier this week.  This particular student was a royal pain in the rear.  Today I have him again in a different class.  He asked to use the restroom and I granted permission, and told him to return quickly.  Twenty minutes later he returned.  I mentioned he hadn't hurried and he responded he had no reason to do so.  I reminded him he had been told to do so, and he frankly just didn't care.  I texted my husband about it since I knew my husband has him the next period and thought perhaps Andrew could remind him.  Andrew texted back that he had a detention waiting for him for an incident from yesterday, and would definitely make sure to give it to him and mention I had texted.  It may not be nice, but I couldn't help but smile.  You just never know connections that might occur in a small town!