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Back home and watching the stars from the covered front porch. In the rain. 🫤 Well, it's what they both wished for, and they seem happy enough.
Tomorrow, though, they're both going to therapy for these midlife crises. I'm over it.
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After David completed his quest and Ruby grew tired of hanging around the town square, they met for dinner at Base Camp, where Ruby prepared spaghetti with veggie sauce.
Ruby had something on her mind, something she wanted to discuss with her husband, but she wasn't sure how to bring it up. She wasn't sure whether to bring it up at all.
Luckily, David brought it up himself.
"This spaghetti is delicious," he said between bites. "It reminds me of home. Hey! If we were at home, we could watch the stars and maybe go skinny-dipping after dinner."
"I would love that," said Ruby. "In fact... David, would you mind if we cut this vacation short?"
"You mean, go home early?"
Ruby nodded. "I know this trip cost a lot of money--"
"Aw, that's all right. I don't want to stay here either, Ruby."
"You don't?"
"No. I want to go home! I don't like frogs' legs, I don't like damp smelly tombs, and I don't like reaching my arm into holes and pulling it out full of bugs. And sleeping in a tent sucks. My back's hurt all day."
"I know what you mean," Ruby said sympathetically. "'I'm sure sleeping in a tent is worse than sleeping in a bed--" ("It is," said David) "--but the Base Camp beds aren't good, either. I miss our nice fluffy bed at home."
"Then let's go."
Startled, Ruby said, "Now?"
"Sure," said David. "Why not? Why spend another night in a lumpy bed?"
"Oh honey, I love you. I was afraid you'd be mad at me!"
"I'm never mad at you, Ruby. Do you want to call the travel service or should I do it?"
"You do it? I take longer to pack than you do."
"Okay. I'm pretty hyped about this!" David said as he took out his phone. "It'll be so great to get home."
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While David explored The Forgotten Burial Mound, Ruby visited the nectary and chatted awhile with... um... oh come on... all right, I tried to find the name of Ruby's new friend in a TS3 Wiki and came up empty, so I have no idea who this is.
Let's just say Ruby socialized with others in the nectary, like a normal adult. I should ask her what that's like sometime.
David finally reached the final room of the burial mound he was exploring, and retrieved the missing item that Edith Morel had asked him to find for her.
After harvesting some grapes from the Nectary grounds, Ruby was hungry enough to warrant a trip to the cafe off the town square. She then needed some fun, so she took a chance on one of her more recent purchases, Flo and her Kenspa, until she was interrupted by some goofy kid.
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The Vaneaults cruised into the weekend with David trying out for a gig at the coffeehouse on Friday. Sadly, he was turned down, told to come back when he had more experience.
When I checked, he had only just reached level 3 in the Acrobat career. Only one more level to go! but also, I've noticed that it seldom does any good to audition at the low end of the job experience scale, when the Sim is only at the minimum career level required. I therefore put him on a schedule of workouts and performing for tips around town, and vowed to try again.
Saturday, all the teens beseeched Ruby for help learning to drive. Emmaline got her request in first. Ruby looks about as thrilled to be doing this as you'd expect.
Unfortunately, Ruby's job means she works weekend nights, so Emmaline is the only one she was able to teach Saturday. Evan eventually corralled David and learned from him, leaving only Eloise remaining.
When she got home Saturday night, Ruby informed me that she'd been promoted again. That's great!
She also informed me that I'd forgotten her birthday.
She promptly joined David in having a midlife crisis. 😞
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David had his first gig at the coffeehouse! I thought I'd send Ruby to see it as a show of marital support.
That was a mistake.
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Sunday, Eloise learned to drive and later met up with Emmalline at the diner for some lunch.
Then they went to the library to finish up their respective novels. Eloise has actually maxed the writing skill, thanks to a head start as a toddler; a sci-fi novel published in childhood, Esto es mi roboto; and I think a whole lot of tabcasting when i wasn't paying attention to her, as I am otherwise at a loss to explain it.
At the library, Eloise completed her hit sci-fi followup, The Timeline Tangle, while Emmaline published a flop drama novel, Melodramatic Melancholy. Well, they can't all be winners, but how that must have wounded her Diva soul I can't imagine.
I didn't know what to do with Evan, so I sent him over to the Ivanov's to visit his new niece, Bellatrix. He taught her to walk, because heaven knows her parents aren't going to.
Meanwhile, time to attend to my midlife crisis-havers, David and Ruby! David wanted a tattoo. I got him a small set of flames on his left forearm in tribute to his firefightin' days.
Afterwards, he thanked the tattoist profusely, then displayed the maturity of his advancing years in the way that only he can.
Ruby wanted a makeover.
The stylist's original vision
was to put Ruby in a vivid green and purple coat dress, add 1980s-themed Day-Glo eyeshadow out to her temples, and do nothing about her sad flower-child hairdo. Atrocious. Ruby liked it, but I am the boss here, and I did not like it one bit.
Somehwere in the midst of all this, I sent David back to audition at the coffehouse again.
Success this time! In fact, nailing this audition propelled him to level 4, his max level for the Acrobat career according to the dice roll. So, technically, I shouldn't let him play this first gig of his on Monday. I should have him quit now and begin working in the Journalism career that he rolled for his next track.
But c'mon. Does that sound like any fun to you??! Me neither. The show must go on!
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🎵
a beautiful sight
we're happy tonight
the kids are off to boarding school at last
🎶
David and Ruby chose to celebrate this milestone by immediately jetting off to Champs Les Sims.
I know, but I can explain!
I mean, yes, it's true that
the Vaneaults are not swimming in cash after paying all the boarding school tuition
David didn't exactly bring home the bacon with that Cheetah McGee nonsense
he's only made it to level 2 of the Journalism career, so that's not raking in the Simoleans, either
this will only drag out achieving his Jack of All Trades LTW, which he should earn once he hits level 4 in Journalism
It's true that there are numerous arguments against sending David and Ruby to Champs Les Sims right now.
On the other hand, this is the fun save.
These two never got a proper honeymoon and they could use some time (and scenic surroundings) to reconnect, what with them both suffering midlife crises.
Because I'm trying to indulge them in those crises, it's perhaps worth noting also that David rolled both a regular wish to visit Champs Les Sims, particularly, and an MLC wish to travel abroad, generally.
Besides, with a little strategic foraging, they could actually make a profit on this expedition, even if right now they're down to their last §800. 😬
And even if, just as in University, David is often easily distracted by some of the scenery.
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While David delivered papers, the kids went off to school. This will be their last day of it--there has been no formal dance announcement, plus Lucky Palms seems to be weirdly short on teenagers, plus they've all learned to drive, plus I'm bored with them. So boarding school it is!
Evan's headed to Fort Starch; Eloise to Peace & Love; and Emmaline to Le Fromage.
Ruby had the day off. She has a midlife crisis wish to become more muscular, so I got them an exercise bench and she got to work pumping iron.
After the kids left for school I heard a bunch of yelling outside the front door. It was the mailman
hollering that he can't get to the pool to go swimming. I had set their back doors and their gate to permit passage by "Only My Household," because swimming and hot-tubbing are all the maid was ever doing, too.
Now the mail carrier wants in?! Nah, bro.
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Back in Lucky Palms, we find the Vaneault triplets attending their first day of high school Thursday morning, while David and Ruby both have the day off--Ruby because that's her schedule, and David because there was a thunderstorm raging, and I wasn't about to send Cheetah McGee out in that mess.
Besides, he's been wanting to finish The Story of a Game Developer for ages, and I've never let him because... come on, David, read something good for a change.
And besides that, David is taking the day off because it's his birthday today!
After completing their school/television/dinner/homework routine, the triplets went to the Summer Festival to pelt each other with water balloons. It was Eloise and nephew Adrian
versus Emmaline and Evan
Eloise and Adrian won, 100-90.
Ruby, meanwhile, got good enough at skating to do spins.
Where was David, you ask? What about the birthday boy, you wonder? Will his celebration take place at the festival?
Yes. Well. David was home upgrading one of the bathtubs, you see.
...because I completely forgot about his birthday. 😞
I am truly awful.
"You sure are! Not even a cake for poor Cheetah?"
You... you do kind of need to keep fit in this career--
"Just for that, I'm going to age into a midlife crisis!"
Sigh.
Ruby came home and, with the help of her her winning combination of Good and Hopeless Romantic traits, tried to cheer up David.
And mostly, I think, it worked.
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Business was slow one morning at the Summer Festival--no one seemed to want to tip poor Cheetah McGee. So when lunchtime rolled around and Ruby dropped by, enjoying a day off, I entered them both in the hot dog eating contest.
I figured one of them was bound to win it--I imagine they've both known real hunger (well, I know David has!)--but maybe the good life has blunted their appetites, because they blew an early lead to let some townie win the damn thing.
Then, of course, they each threw up.
The Acrobat career is not suiting David nearly as well as the Firefighter one did. Well, only three more levels of it left.
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First day in Lucky Palms for the Vaneaults.
Aspiring Acrobat David went to the park almost immediately to mime for tips.
What can I say? The man was born to entertain (me).
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They did it--they made it to Friday, ending David's first week of work as a Firefighter. Ruby continued to work hard as a Sous Chef. She didn't quite earn a promotion, but she came home stressed from her efforts. I'd say a little relaxation is in order.
David did get promoted, though--making this also his last week of work as a firefighter.
I think Ruby's a little disappointed. She liked telling all of her friends that her husband was a fireman.
Gonna be a lot more difficult to brag that her husband is a mime performing in the park for tips, which is how the Acrobat career starts out. 😖
The game suggested "Cheetah McGee" for his stage name, and I immediately realized I could not improve on that. Cheetah McGee it is!
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Monday marked David's first day as a firefighter!
It was great seeing him change into the uniform. No more art appraisals, whew! No more scanning, no more murals, no more protests. Okay, the protests were kind of fun once I got the hang of them, but there's no way he has that kind of time on his hands anymore.
Once at the station, I put him to work maintaining the fire alarm and the fire engine.
In the middle of that, some old bat called to ask for a date. It never ends in Riverview. When they're ghosts they'll still be like, "So you're saying there's a chance." (There is not.)
While David was out pumping iron in the yard, the alarm rang! We have our first emergency, David!
It turned out to be a small fire in the garage of Hal Breckenridge's place. A big nothing, but David got an "A" for putting it out quickly.
Before long, he was home for the day in time to have dinner with the kids.
I had been most worried about keeping the children out of trouble while David was at work, but as it happened, they were all at their afterschool activities until 5:00 p.m., which just so happens to be David's quitting time. Perfect!
Ruby came home later that night having earned a promotion to Pastry Chef.
Pretty good Monday for the Vaneaults, all in all.
Of course, David still has to work Tuesday, and Wednesday, and Thursday, and Friday... I don't even have the luxury of trying to rush him through this, because after the Firefighter career comes the Acrobat one.
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Aw, I love this. Velma always liked to read in the garden at night, too.
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Not gonna lie, getting through the weekend with three children was tough.
Evan went to visit Adrian--he spawns a good number of wishes to talk to or hang out with him, and I was curious how the Ivanovs were doing.
Afterwards, he spent some time fishing and picnicking, as the weather was good.
Emmaline and Eloise each expressed the desire to learn the writing skill, so off to a class they went. I somehow neglected to take any pictures of them working on their novels--oh yes, start the little munchkins earning early, I always say--but here they are venting the barely suppressed rage that always seems to accompany the sugar & spice & everything nice.
Speaking of barely suppressed rage, someone, maybe someone with the Diva trait like, say, Emmaline, also tried to preside over the royal court.
But I put a stop to that right away. Sorry! but Taslin over in the other save made me good and sick of that action. It's cute occasionally, but you know EA: no chill and no understanding of the concept of "occasional."
While the girls were at the library writing and Evan was over at the Ivanovs, David and Ruby got reacquainted.
Why do I buy these things? I always forget to direct the children to use them, and they don't ever seem interested in playing in the treehouses of their own volition.
The adults, on the other hand, are unable to resist it.
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The way this little guy loves hugs! 🫠
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