TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 22 - On Campus

 TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 22

On Campus

 

     I'm so excited to be back on campus with a bunch of the generation four YOUNG ADULTS!  They aren't kids anymore, are they?  They're really growing up well.  Let me re-introduce the Sims here at university.  

Juniors/Seniors

Zavoy Archer
Romance - Gemini - Fitness freak
3-10-10-1-3

Xavian Centowski
Knowledge - Aries - Music & Dance
3-9-7-1-7

Xayden Centowski
Fortune - Scorpio - Sports fan
8-6-10-5-6

Freshmen

Yvonne Panda
Family - Virgo - Science
10-1-7-7-2

Vincent Lind
Family - Libra - Fitness freak
5-9-5-5-7

Uri Centowski
Family - Libra - Nature nut
2-6-2-10-9

Treva Centowski
Knowledge - Taurus - Gamer geek
8-7-8-10-1

Shawn Panda
Knowledge - Sagittarius - Nature nut
2-3-10-10-10

     Whew, so that's three that we'll have graduating at the end of this.  And five incoming freshmen to get acclimated.  I have the house split with 4 rooms on each side, so there's a girls' wing and a boys' wing.  And so I started out with Shawn and Uri living on a separate lot but decided to temporarily bunk them in on the girls' side until the other 3 graduate.  I make things a lot more complicated than they need to be sometimes!  

     There's not a lot to document from the first few days.  It was a lot of getting the new kids settled in, finding a routine for six boys to use one toilet and two showers upstairs (there's another bathroom downstairs but this house/dorm isn't my best layout), and checking out what's on the chemistry meters.  

     And way too early, we have a love triangle.  I teamed Uri and Shawn up to be BFFs since they were my two nature nuts.  Uri is also BFFs with his cousin Treva.  Treva is innocent in the next part.  Uri and Shawn are both 3-bolts for a uni townie named Renee Spitzig.  With all the chaos of eight sims coming and going and inviting over so many available suitors to check chemistry, I didn't notice both boys were digging Renee.  I just knew she had 3-bolts of attraction with one of the freshmen boys and I was really focusing first on the three upcoming graduates.  Soo... we have ourselves a lil' Bermuda Triangle now.  

 

     Yup, this is a mess waiting to happen.  But first... I let one of them cook mac-n-cheese.  We've got fires to put out everywhere now.  

     So I had the boys send Renee home for the night so we can get facts straight and figure out what to do.  Jen Tucker was also over and I had them send her home too.  Uri got pretty hands-on with the goodbye.  I thought there might be hope here. 

     So the next day.... Shawn makes his move on Renee without consulting me.  But I think, okay, so Shawn will end up with Renee and Uri with Jen.  

     Laugh in Simlish with me.  Uri is young and lookin' for LOVE.  And hell, it's not even spring yet.  Uri, what am I going to do with you?  

     Well, first things first, luckily we have two farmers and there's strawberries in the juicer from the previous generation.  I sent Shawn to drink some strawberry juice and cool his jets.  

     I'll get the boys straightened out but meanwhile... I'll scout out some other potentials for each of them.  It's going to be hard maintaining them as best buds when they are both in love with the same girl.  

     I let the kids spend their school grant simoleans as we pondered our options.  We put the **@)! train up in the attic and Xayden bought a pool table.  There's also a few new plants courtesy of our nature nuts, and I can't even remember what else.  I apparently shop blindly when I'm annoyed. 

     All has not been a love fail though.  Vincent is digging Ceera.  He loves going jogging one or two times a day (please calm down, Vincent) and real-life Ceera operates a day camp for kids that focuses on fitness.  It seems like a match made in heaven!  

     Yes, Ceera!  Call him, maybe?   

     The girls meanwhile.... No 3-bolters for Treva at all that I can find.  And Yvonne has too many.  So the girls are on the back burner right now and largely unsupervised.  Treva is fine.  She's always playing PC games.  Go gamer girl power!  But Yvonne....

     She's been on the telescope.  During the day.  And I guess Cassie is the new finger-poker in town?  That, I did not expect! 

     So back to my Bermuda Triangle.  

     Renee kind of made the decision.  Which, silly me, was the right way to do this all along.  Shawn has met Noelle Garth, a nice family sim that was with the generation three uni students.  Renee who?  So this just turned out splendidly. 

     We've got crushes, and Shawn doesn't even react!  What a relief.  The love triangles are so frustrating to me.  Some people like the drama.  I absolutely do not.   

     I have a feeling though that we're not out of the woods on the drama... 

     Dang, Yvonne.  Xavier!?  Really?  The others are Bursty Bodkin (my real-life adopt-a-kid), Brandon Deppiesse, and Marsh Mellon (both of the latter from the old neighborhood).  

     And we can't forget that there's a Romancer here with no 3-bolters at all.  So Zavoy's torn between Claire Reamon, a university townie....

     And Laken Dallas, another cross over from the old neighborhood.  

     Oh, and Zavoy also wants to have three loves at once.  Boy, you wildin'.  

     And you know what I do NOT need right now?  Roaches.  Thank you, security bot for notifying me that Hyun kicked our trash can.  

     Well, we get to wrap up the dating game for a while now.  Three of the boys are graduating!  Time to send them back to the Cove!  

     Oh, I forgot to re-introduce you all to Xavian's red she-devil.  Her name is Morrdredd Montana, her real-life version is a gaming friend of mine.  I had thoughts of Xavian not getting married and having an alien baby perhaps but he has 3-bolts with Morrdy which I just can't ignore.  Although he can.... He wants to talk to her and spend time with her... but not be romantic with her.  We'll work on that back in the 'hood.  

     Xayden pulled the short stick of being a bachelor.  I feel guilty but he hasn't really told me otherwise.  Except that, as a fortune sim, he wants to marry a rich sim.  Sigh.  These boys....

     

Thanks for reading!  

Carissa

TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 22 - 102 Bayview Drive

 TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 22

102 Bayview Drive

  

     I'm so excited to introduce this new address to Legacy Cove!  Zakki Archer is the spare from the main Legacy house and is ready to get her own place now that she's graduated from university!  Let's meet and greet;

Zakki Archer
Fortune - Sagittarius - Sports
3-4-9-8-1

     Zakki is starting out brand new but she's got some more help than her ancestors did.  Along with her university diploma, she has some objects she can sell that were given to her by her parents and purchased with her scholarship money at school.  We're going to see how far we can go before we dip into that though.  Crack your knuckles, it's time to get started!  

     Oh, but first i better set the season to springtime.  I wonder also what stories our newspaper boy Anthony could tell us about the things he's seen when I forget he's on the lot...

     Okay!  Check one, check two?  Let's get started for real.  She'll begin with a shell of a house and with the intentions of putting some kitchen stuff in that open hallway.  

     After getting that started, I pulled a few usable items from her inventory like a bed.  Bought a desk and used Mr Humble's computer to look for a job.  Nothing in the medical field that she aspires to.  She wants to be Chief of Staff.  

     So.... what now.  Heck, let's get her boyfriend over here and get him moved in.  Gotta poo or get off the pot, Zakki.  

     He said "Yes!"

     Yes, to moving in.  We're moving right along, but not THAT fast!  Welcome, Isaac Wolosenko!  Isaac hails from Legacyville where he was one of the Generation 8 kids that got moved to the new Legacy Cove.  He was a teenager and you may recognize him from his time at university with the last generation.  Then he's been replanted as an adult townie..... until he met Zakki!  

     Isaac is a Popularity sim, he likes Music and Dance (so hopefully he gets along well with his future mother-in-law Toots who has the same hobby).  He's also ready to build this house after being on the streets for so many generations!  

     It's really starting to come alive!  I wanted another 'mudroom' like I have in another house or two.  They are handy for some of the storage items.  A big open kitchen/dining.  If we do an upstairs, then the stairway will eventually intersect the two areas I think.  But, this is an excellent starter.  And it's still only Monday.  

     I can't keep them off each other.  Young love in the springtime, I guess.  They have no problem with PDA!  And they constantly want to go on dates, so they've had some house dates.  

     Isaac is giving me what I want easily... Zakki is proving to be a fortune-minded gal and not as concerned with being made an honest woman.  Well, it's still Monday.  There's time to change her mind. 

     Tuesday, I added a bit more to their house while they were both at work.  Zakki found a job opening in the medical field when the jobs updated after midnight so i was able to get her out of the house, too. 

     Isaac made some money!  Luckily Zakki gets off work a little later, I'm sure being a fortune sim she would have thought his first dollar sign would be 'cute'.  

     Oh, and they got a roof today!  Those are free... I was just forgetful.  Oops!

     Leroy stopped by after Zakki got home from work.  He's a stray.  

     I'm smitten.  But I'm telling myself, "They do NOT need a dog, they do NOT need a dog!"  Leroy was allowed to visit though.  Zakki likes him.  

     He made himself right at home!  I thought, "Maybe he'll stay all on his own".  

     And Leroy came back on Wednesday too!  "We do NOT need a dog, we do NOT need a dog!"  There's literally so many things they need to do, but Leroy is sooooooo cute!  

     Isaac wanted a car and I figured... he brought $10k simoleons with him so he could get the cheap car for now, right?  He's happy, so it worked out!

     After one of their mood-raising dates, I got a pop-up that both got a cleaning skill!  What?  Have I never had that happen before?  Did I just forget that can happen?  I don't remember ever seeing this!  But it's exactly what Zakki needed skill-wise for her next promotion.  Now to just get her another friend.  

     The gypsy also snuck onto the lot.  I never even saw her.  

     We put that in the mudroom for now.  There's still items in both of their inventories to sell so we'll just hold onto that for a rainy day.  

     Because look how impressive this house already looks!   It definitely helps that they both have jobs bringing in about $3k a day between the two of them.  

     Isaac wants to be a Media Magnate so we finally found him a career in the journalism field!  

     He took a paycut, but got a promotion the first day.  What a team player!

     I'm not sure why Zakki never got 'encouraged' higher than her 1 nice point.  She LOVES to start arguments.  Her brother Zavoy is over to visit and she's already started in on him.  Luckily Isaac is totally smitten and he doesn't care much about her starting arguments.  Me, on the other hand.  I'm like, "Here she goes again..."

     On Saturday, Isaac and I sat down and had a discussion.  Zakki still hasn't give us a want to get engaged or married.  She hasn't given any indication that she's not happy in the relationship either though, aside from her starting arguments.  Saturday was my planned day to have a wedding.  I thought she'd surely, especially with all the home dates, have been cooperative by now.  

     Isaac said he still wanted to ask her.  The worst she could do is say no, right?  

     She said YES!

     So while Zakki assembled her family for a group outing for a wedding at the chapel, Isaac went .... bug hunting?  What?  Seriously, Isaac?

     All I can do is shake my head.  Sims!  Anyway, to the chapel!  The Archer clan and Isaac piled into his little car like a clown car.  

     Okay, so many pictures.  I'll just let them tell the story now.  

(Frazier, go sit down!)

Now it's party time!

FOB Zack, Zakki, Aunt Zoey, and a wedding crasher

Uncle Frazier and Isaac

Walter, Julie Jaz, Zakki, MOB Toots, Frazier

Mother and Father of the Bride

Zavoy, Frazier, Zoey

Same, just with a sassier Zoey

Walter and Zavoy

Zakki and her father Zack

Our beautiful bride!

     I'm not going to lie, I had a great time with this wedding!  I forgot to get my traditional guest shots immediately following the ceremony but I think the reception pictures definitely made up for it.  

     Mr and Mrs Wolosenko seemed to be pleased as punch also with the way their week is going!

     No time for a honeymoon (and I still don't play with Bon Voyage), after the wedding Saturday it was time to make an additional improvement to the house so we could have Sunday family dinner!

     Then I invited over Zakki's whole family.  Parents Zack and Toots, brother Zavoy, Aunt Zoey & Uncle Frazier, her cousin and BFF Walter and his fiance Julie Jaz.  I had another really great time watching them interact as a family.  These guys are tightknit without being obnoxious about it.  

Cute picture of the generation four crew

The Archers, Linds, and Wolosenkos

     I really loved how Isaac is right in the middle and immediately accepted into the clan.  Before Zakki graduated university, it was a bit of a struggle to get Zack and Toots to befriend him but their relationships have improved so much this week.  And Isaac was already best friends with Zavoy from visiting Zakki at uni. 

     With the close of spring, and turning to summer, it's time to move on.  There's just the university left for week 22, then we start a new summer in the Cove!  

Thank you for reading!

-Carissa Pepper