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Which doesn't mean she doesn't find time for fun.

She graduates with straight A's, easily getting her dream job at a game studio.

Henry and Cecil continue to be deeply in love. Henry spends most of his time writing novels, while Cecil builds a variety of skills.

They are also both still drinking Life Elixir to let them be great-grandparents. It's not hard to keep their aspiration high enough while they are retired.

Last time we saw Sandy Brunty, she slapped Amin, so I'm not sure why she just let her self in at two AM, but it can't be good. just ignore her

Oh, okay, uh, I guess it's not the worst thing she could have done. At least she's gone.

Tickling is an important part of courtship in Pineview. I'm also not sure how I feel about Amin always wearing his wedding ring from his dead wife.

Census:

Households: 14

Community lots: 11

Local businesses: 11

Playables: 37

Sim multiplier: 8 (5 for 1 buisness district, 1 for first community lot, 2 from a total of 11 community lots)

Calculated population: 295

Treasury:

Start of the week: 81,740

Spent: -72,700 (library/school house renovation)

Land purchased from town: +28,100

Taxes collected: +31,600

End of week: 68,740

It doesn't take long at all for him to fall into the routine of "farm" life. He wakes up early, tends the pants, has breakfast, works on skills, goes to bed early, and does the same thing day after day.

Yeah buddy, that's simply is not happening, and you will be having your brain scrambled. After two full item's worth of brain scrambling, he still has a job based LTW, I'm tired of this.

On the bright side, he is plenty happy just from skill building, and Saturday brings the first harvest. We sell most of the tomatoes, keeping a dozen or so for cooking with.

Monday is eventful back at home, too.

Tina grows into an adult, and says she wants 20 simultaneous lovers, we will be scrambling her brain for sure.

Baby Paul grows into a toddler, being held by Jeana because the parentification role always gets passed down.

But while helping care for her little brother, Jeana realizes she wants to raise a lot of little ones of her own, hoping for six grand kids.

Tina quits her journalism job, opting instead to work the day shift at Sequoia Club.

She's a natural saleswoman, and by switching back and forth like this, we are able to stay open nearly 24/7, greatly increasing their income.

With that money in her pockets, Elvira is faced with two options, she could start paying off her debt, but she also heard about a gym that was getting successful in the main part of town, and she decided to do the risky thing, and add that service to the social club so she could start charging more.

Paul becomes a kid, and he's pretty darn cute!

Desperate for romance, Tina asks her mom for a night shift at the club. She doesn't find love, and she is starting to get impatient. However, the club leveled up, and they were able to get a couple more grants, and pay off the last of their debt.

They even have enough left over to build their own home. I'm actually pretty satisfied by this build. It's based off the Sears Castleton. Shoutout to all my fellow catalogue-home fans.

But we still have her refocus, I am not going to do the 20 simultaneous lovers LTW, so I have her switch to a Fortune/romance sim, and now she wants to be a magician.

So we shut down the store, give her a living room, and get her that job.

It's a rough start, but it's a paycheck, and bills are due.

While she has all the skills she needs for promotion already, I know charisma and creativity are going to be key going forward, so we focus on those skills on her day off.

Oh my, that's a way go to autonomously great Sally.

After a few days of watching her aspiration suffer, I remember I have a mod that makes adopting a baby fulfil the have a baby wish and vise versa, and have her call the adoption agency.

Normally the flower shop opens as soon as the sun rises, but on Thursday, Jenny takes her time. Her baby is coming home.

Jenny tries to get some work done, but she keeps peering out the window looking for the social workers van.

When they arrive, she is elated. When she finds out Quinn was a newborn when he was surrendered to the Sim County Fire Station and was immediately placed with her in town, he will be eligible for the county's Settlers Scholarship, that is just icing on the cake.

She decides to get into robotics while she has her shop closed so she can focus on her little one.

Eger to make sure a solid bond forms between them, Jenny spends every second she can with baby Quinn.

Ah shit, I forgot to pay the bills. He took our TV, but that's alright, we never really used it anyways.

The pet shop is the most successful business in town.

A big part of that is Charlie Tang here, who is a great manager.

Sally still acts as cashier most of the time because all the employees are still pretty slow. Luckily, there are two cash registers so an employee can practice while Sally knocks most of the sales out so no one gets upset.

Having a day off from school gave Gloria and Cora the perfect excuse to have another dream date. Unfortunately, they still aren't in love. I want these two to be together so bad I am going to give her some elixir of life so she has more time for it to happen this week, before she becomes an adult and likely falls in love with Dawn, after after another dream date fails to make it happen, I am starting to accept it's not meant to be.

Cora almost becomes an orphan when Sally electrocutes herself trying to fix the TV.

She might be kind of dumb for trying right after seeing what happened to her mom, but Cora manages to fix it without incident.

With the pet store doing so well, we leave it for a day so we can focus on fulfilling Sally. She goes on a date with Amin, and despite getting slapped by one of his other flirts, she has a great time.

I don't think Amin did though. He got beat up three times on this date.

Welp. Despite the pet store's objective lack of success when she isn't there, she decides she wants to start another business anyways.

One 30,00 Simoleon loan later, we get Sometimes Fitness. While it's going to be a while before we can pay off this loan, people are immediately attracted to the gym.

Cora ages up into an adult, and it's time to invite Dawn over and see what happens. Due to her attachment to her mom, she is a family sim secondarily, so this could escalate quickly.

Cora reaches for Dawn's hands, nervous if they will still connect after all this time, but as soon as they touch, they are in love again.

They waste no time, and Cora asks him to stay the night. Sally is so busy Cora is pretty sure she won't even notice. Only a moment later, they both roll wants to get engaged to each other, and she proposes.

He says yes, but after she proposes, her wants reroll, and...

This is going to get compliacted.

But for now Cora thinks to herself, this is nice. They wake up shortly after Sally gets home, and when Cora comes out of her bedroom she sits her daughter down to talk.

"Honey, you're an adult now. I trust you to make your own decisions, you don't need to sneak around you own home."

Cora was relieved. "Mom, I have something to tell you. We are engaged."

Sally took a deep breath, choosing to believe what she had just said, "I'm happy for you, I want to get to know him better."

Cora calls Dawn out of his hiding spot in her bedroom, and Sally offers him dinner. They talk, and get along quite well.

Sunday morning, they wake up and say goodbye. Cora applies for the military.

While his choice of career isn't very impressive, Henry is still proud of his son for working hard at something. The constantly changing hours of the Slacker Career are really annoying to deal with, but it's Dawn's LTW, so he's going for it.

The teens love picking up the toddlers. The way it works in this house is if you pick up a toddler without me telling you too, you are taking care of that toddler now. They don't seem to mind, this town has a thing for strong, loving, sibling relationships and I am here for it.

And oh yeah, they have parents too.

Despite the chaos, neglect, and parentification of the household they grew up in, all the kids have good relationships with their parents, genuinely surprising to me.

In general, the kids really are making the best of the hand they were dealt, and I admire that.

I can't tell if Isabelle and Francis' choice of matching appearances is cute or creepy to me, but I do love the love.

The relief I feel when the school bus shows up in the mornings is immeasurable. I honestly am shocked by my own ability to keep this many kids doing well in school, and I am so excited for them to all graduate.

While the kids are at school and Alex is at work, Sandy can prep some smart milk and quickly teach the kiddos' all they need to know.

I wonder if they have so many kids come home from school with them because they want to know how the freaks with ten kids live.

Or maybe it's for the basketball court.

But I think Malory is actually here for the right reasons.

In return, the Adam-Rue kids welcome her. The teens end up spending the most time with her, and I like to think she feels so cool for that. I guess there really never was an Adam-Rue Merph rivalry.

Meanwhile, Alex grows up to be an elder, and I am now grappling with the fact that the first baby born in Pineview is going to die soon. It feels like just yesterday Martha built the first home in this town. Her last name was chosen as a joke assuming I would end up not wanting to continue this playthrough, and would regret starting it in the first place, and yet, we have come this far, and I am preparing to grieve her child.

Also, Spot the cat is here, totally forgot about the old man.

And he's gone before I know it.

Francis' wish is granted, and she becomes an adult ready to move out on her own. She wants to go on 50 dream dates, which girl, I'm sorry, I don't see happening for you. But because she doesn't have a career based LTW, I am going to have her take over Main Way Boutique. In addition to the store itself, Sandy passes on her business rewards to an eager Francis.

At the same time, Leslie and Leo become teens. Again, playful, outgoing, and active, it only makes sense to have two more pleasure sims.

Later that same night, Oscar and Oliver age up, bringing an end to this household's baby issue.

The next day, Sandy becomes an elder, a lot of birthdays this week.

The new second floor has 4 class rooms, 2 for elementary schoolers and two for highschoolers.

The first floor got more books and some general upgrades.

Even if she kind of scares me.

Things just keep coming up Charlie, and he goes out to dinner to celebrate.