Time for my next update. I spent a whole lot of time grinding out these two's skills, especially Fabrication for Aiyden, but I didn't take a whole lot of pictures of it. It was pretty boring, let's be honest.
So you'll have to deal with this one..
.. and then this one. Apparently changing the Maker Space (which Aiyden doesn't need anymore because he has all that stuff at home) to a Garden made the place all Green and stuff. While I was busy grinding skills, I almost missed that Sharing is Caring was going into effect, and I had to hurry to vote for something, anything else. Because.. no. That NAP is too buggy.
Fall hits for them, which was my personal cut-off for skill-building.
... Which means it's NOOBOO time!!
Now that Aiyden got his level 7 in fabrication, I splurge and let them buy a Juice Fizzer. He still needed one more Freelance Crafter Gig completed for the last tier of his Aspiration.
The next day... Iris is supposed to drink a cowplant essence for work. Uh oh. I hadn't saved any up.. and she can't sacrifice herself because she's pregnant. So it has to be Aiyden. Sorry, buddy.
... Right into the pile of laundry that Iris manages to leave EVERYWHERE.
.. Never seen a potion of "Daze" before... Iris makes a face at it.
And then wishes she'd said "no" when I told her to drink the stuff.
Aiyden: "Honey? I have a surprise for you." ....
Iris: "Hm?? Oh, that feels great, Aiyden.."
Aiyden: "I quit my job."
Iris: "Wait. WHAT?"
Aiyden: "But look - I have a new one. And it pays more."
Iris: "Why didn't you talk to me about this before now?!"
Aiyden: "I didn't want you to talk me out of it. I got my 5 gigs done for my aspiration, and I want to make a bigger difference in this town."
Iris: "...." (Both go to bed.)
Both are grumpy-morning sims, so Aiyden decides not to bring it up again.
When he's done eating, he gets a start on tomorrow's work for his new Civic career, and Iris grouchily finishes her breakfast and gets back to work on her Gardening and Logic skills.
The next morning... mere hours before both are supposed to be at work.. labor pains start, and Aiyden immediately panicks. He drags his complaining wife off to the hospital, citing the fact that they never bought a crib for the baby as reason to go.
Iris: "Wait.. Doc.. I don't think that's my baby....." (Flatline)
Doc hurries up and puts the heart back in. Aiyden misses this and has wandered off to play computer games.
Finally, The doctor figures out what he's supposed to be doing, and our first little girl, Mackenzie, is born. Was the first random name that popped up, and I liked it.
I get everyone home, find the baby in the crib, and then wonder where in the heck Iris is going. Apparently I never got the pop up for "whether to go to work or not" and she was like "Ok, done with this morning" .. and left the baby screaming to go to work.
Aiyden dutifully calms the baby, making himself late for his first day of work in the process, then regretfully sends his little girl off to daycare and goes to work.
After work, the two are sent to read some skill books.. and they both choose to sit around the pool. I have no idea why. Perhaps it's safer out there? I mean, the baby is sleeping. Wouldn't want to wake her up, right?
(And this was when I noticed I had played right through dinner time and it was nearly bedtime. LOL. So that's where this update ends...) See you next time!
