Hollywood Challenge 1/13/19

It's getting harder and harder for the Pedersons to make payments on their Uni debt.  They bring in less than $1000/day and there's still rent, bills, and groceries to pay for.  If one of them dies before the other, the remaining spouse should easily be able to pay off the balance, but if they both die at the same time, I guess I'll have to stick Kaitlyn with the bill.  Dante Silver did not get the promotion he was hoping for, but maybe next round he will.  Both Dante and Savannah did their celeb hours; Savannah nearly has the required hours.  They've decided to get married next round.  Jocelyn Silver decided to get Grey into private school and was successful.  If only she were that successful with relationships, her life would be going great.  She has yet to meet anyone (other than Nicholas Burke) who she's even remotely interested in and her biological clock is ticking.  Nolan Pederson and his girlfriend Gina will also be getting married next round.  Maybe he doesn't want his ex Savannah to show him up?  Apart from that, they're doing fairly well on requirements, though they need to work on making some friends; they've only got six between them!  Rachel Burke and Drake are nearly there on friend count, and doing well on hours and money as well.  Drake got a promotion this round which really helped.  Rachel is a bit stalled in her career at the moment since the only means of obtaining logic is the crossword.  Caryl Karr made a whopping $700 freestyling!  I don't know what Dante's doing wrong, because even though he has tons more experience, he frequently gets zip when freestyling.  Go Caryl!  Jesse North is a newcomer to Hollywood Heights.  He and Kaitlyn Pederson met and fell in love in college, deciding to move in together after graduation.  They won't wait long to get married as they've been dating since Freshman year.  After settling in to their new place, they went out to H&M so Jesse could get some clothes and they took turns doing barista shifts while there.  Neither has a day job yet, so this is their only source of income at the moment.  Skip Daniels and Rebecca Hartwood are two more newcomers who also met and have been dating since Freshman year of Uni.  They too have moved in together in the same building with Jesse and Kaitlyn, who they are good friends with.  They will be doing bartending and Skip is looking for a Science job.  Skip wants to wait a bit before marrying, probably because of the cow mascot fiasco misunderstanding they had Junior year.  Nothing to note for the Karrs.  Samantha Sanders cranked out another cookbook (that's #8 if anyone's counting).  I'm not sure what there could possibly be left to cook that hasn't been covered already, but she's still going strong.  The Burkes spent what would ultimately be their last day together before heading out to their elder jobs.  By the time Nicholas returned home, his wife had passed away.  Lexie is the first sim to die in this challenge, which is sad, but the show must go on.  I'm not sure how much time Nicholas has left since his life bar didn't reset yet, but we'll check it out next round.  Last in the rotation is the Drakes, who will soon start the adoption process, which means by the end of the waiting period (for 2* celebs it's 7 days) they must prove they have $1000/day in income, be able to pay the $20,000 adoption fee, and have both studied parenting.  (Note: Adoption rules are of my own making; not in the original challenge rules.)  They've already got all the financial needs met, so it shouldn't be too much trouble to study parenting.  In other news, Sydney got a promotion and they couple has almost met their friend requirement, so they're doing quite well.