Bad news travels fast

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I forgot to mention in my post yesterday that I knew the fate of Todd's job before he did.

Chalk it up to small town living.

You see, Liz lost her job first thing Wednesday morning, before "Corporate" had made their announcement to everyone else.

Liz told Beth at the post office, who told Mary at the post office in the next town, who called Sarah, who called Vanessa, who called me to ask if I'd heard anything about our husbands' companies closing their doors.

I hadn't.

So, I called Todd, who was on a break between Parent Week meetings.

He hadn't heard anything like that.

So I called Vanessa back to tell her that Todd didn't know anything, but in the meantime, she'd talked to Millie who confirmed that indeed our husbands' were about to lose their jobs.

I texted "the latest" to Todd, and within an hour, he finally received the official word.

I was going to wait until Todd got home that night to tell our boys, but Kortney told them at school.

That's the way it goes in a small town.