The Goths - Baby born!

This is Goth Manor in Simona Lakes. The Goths were not happy having to leave their original home in Pleasantview but once I'll finish the Simona Lakes Intro, you'll know why it was necessary...

 This morning though, Morty had to leave his lab behind the kitchen early. Bella had finally gone into labour and Morty wanted to be by her side when the little one arrived.

 In the end, Bella couldn't stand any company while giving birth. Morty and Mike were banned to the sunroom. Her shouting "Out of here! Shut up! Mike, keep him company!" might have had to do with Mortimer babbling about hydraulic birthing devices he wanted to build her so that the next birth would be easier though...

 Shortly after Bella seemed to have regained her contenance (and perfect shape) when she handed Mortimer their second daughter: Antigone Goth, born on first official rotation saturday.

 Morty was definitely moved by that little snail, looking just like Bella and stuff...

On the other hand Cassie was definitely not amused...she never is. Right after Andraste's birth she went upstairs painting until it was time to go to bed.

Michael Bachelor - Graduated FINALLY and another accident...

Everybody knows those long term students. Michael was definitely one of them. He took forever to graduate and as he never showed any wishes for a major he ended up studying philosophy like the original Skelljay-Mike.

He seemed to have fun at college though, even when he had to rock the cafeteria because he never seemed to have enough money...

But sooner or later even the latest long term student has to leave and Mike even scored cum laude despite his near-constant ac. probation. Here you see him at his graduation party listening to his second little niece or nephew who's still in utero...

And who's that girl he's dancing with at the party? Right, it's Dina Caliente! Their relationship is strictly platonic though. I just can't imagine Mike to take advantage of an underage girl like that. He seems to be quite the Mr. Nice guy...except for the kiss incident. Just before he left for college Dina and him had one date and they shared their first kiss. They don't have particularly good chemistry so I guess that's all there'll ever be for these two.

Michael bought a small house downtown from the Sim-City handout and that was barely enough to get him some decent furniture. :/

 So the first thing he did when Mr. Humble dropped his computer was looking for a job. He found an opening in science and took it as everything else offered didn't seem to fit him...but a philosophy student in the science career? I don't know. Maybe he'll find something better next rotation.

 Now on to the accident. *coughs* Michael had to go to the corner Shops to buy some shirt (with his last money...) to get rid of the yellow polo shirt he grew up into. That's where he met Sheila...

Being a nice guy he immediately realized how tense she was and offered her a backrub to which she willingly agreed. Then my doorbell rang and I had to answer and when I came back I found I hadn't paused the game and my poor sweet Michael had lost his virginity in the photo booth! Darn!

 At first I thought that was about it...a fling...nothing more. But guess what, he had just arrived home and taken a shower Sheila called again and invited him on an outing. Mike agreed and they went to the downtown karaoke bar...but before Sheila could make another move I had Michael end the casual group and go home. Finally!

 At home he had some salad and then...

...went to bed immediately, before any more unplanned things would arise for him.

Julien Cooke - Trying to impress...

Julien Cooke lives in a very small apartment but as he's single it's not a problem. The room he uses the most is the kitchen anyway.

In an attempt to impress the first person he came to know in Simona Lakes, he even made a berry pie in advance to said person's visit.

 And who was the lucky one? Mrs. Ottomas! Julien himself wasn't hungry but look how he dressed up for her visit. He doesn't have any romantic interest for Samantha but somehow he came across as trying VERY hard to make an impression on her.

She was completely unfazed though. They barely made it to friend status though Julien gave everything. Sad guy. Probably he should just go out and find himself a date. ;)

The Travellers - Accidental pregnancy

The Travellers live right above the Newsons. Trent helped little Tina with her homework and tried to write his first Travelling guide...he was not that successful though until now. Too many distractions.

One of them being his wife and her worries. Their first night at the new apartment resulted in an accidental pregnancy. As none of them have a wish for a baby Trisha took the morning after pill. She didn't feel well afterwards but I think she'll be fine after getting some rest.

The Newsons - Total exhaustion

 The Newsons live on the groundfloor of this apartment building. It's quite dark in there but the building has a playground next to it and I thought it appropriate for a family with that many children.

 They don't have the best furniture though and thus the Teens are exhausted and unhappy most of the time.

One of the little ones has already learned to go potty and learned to walk, the other one is close up...but it's only one more rotation until their birthdays so one can only hope they'll grow up well...

The Picasos - Promotion, Yellow and cravings...

 Mr. Roseland's neighbours are Matthew and Jessica Picaso. After moving in to their trailer they first went on a tour of Simona Lakes' community lots.

 As they didn't seem to agree on having a baby just yet I fulfilled Jessica's wish for a pet and let them buy a yellow Lab with the creative name "Yellow". He didn't do much on his first day at home except for eating two bowls of dog food, peeing on the carpet and playing fetch with Jessica.

 Speaking of her, she had a Makeover at Lakeside Lane Beauty Parlor because she seemed quite focused on her military career according to her wishes. She had her hair cut and seemed to love her new Pixie cut as much as the man who paid for it...;)

At night though she couldn't keep her hands off the fridge. I'm not sure if I heard the bells of babydoom already but I'll let ACR figure out the pregnancies for Simona Lakes' residents. Maybe she'll have to buy a pregnancy test next rotation. We'll see...;)

What Cyd Roseland is up to...

 Cyd Roseland moved in to this cute little Trailer with his dog Porthos. He didn't keep the dog though due to financial misery and sold him to some guy at the Planetary Pet Park. It was a good deal for 2800 Simoleons so he went to Pepe's and got himself a new furry companion: Thalia!

 And as it always is with a new puppy, he's back to swiping the carpet every once in a while and doing his best to make his new dog as good a deal as Porthos was. ;)

 If only the phone would stop ringing all day long! But what to expect being a young, handsome bachelor...? Simona Lakes' females are running wild to get a date with Cyd and finally he gave in and went on one.

 At first he must have felt a bit awkward, holding on to his water glass like it was some kind of lifeline...but after a while it went better.

 He askes Miss Do for a dance and lo and behold...is there that magic little spark in his eyes?

 I don't know how it looks to you but to me everything about this date seems fine though he was really shy and not overdoing anything. Miss Do seemed quite impressed with his performance and can't wait to see Cyd again.

He himself seems to have had some problems though. When he came back home and tried to concentrate on his first book about dog training he wasn't able to...so he wrote Miss Do a nice little e-Mail and went to bed after his first dream date. Two bolts and counting. ;)