BACC 4/9/21

 Markus and Marsha had quite a lot to deal with this round.  Firstly, Markus had to hire Orlando back as his chef at The Snack Shack because he certainly doesn't have enough cooking points to take his place.  I was hoping to get the restaurant up to rank 10 this week, but it ended up being 3 stars short - grrrr!  As soon as it does rank up, however, Markus is going to promote Orlando to manager and let the business run itself because, let me tell you, that place is a money pit.  Markus never makes a profit - like ever.  The cost of wages for a chef and two servers far outweighs the money he makes from the meals.  In fact, the only times he's ever made a profit was when he got a money perk.  Maybe down the line one of his descendants will be able to make it work, but Markus just doesn't have what it takes lol.  If he can get the last three stars on Monday next round, I'm thinking early retirement and have Marsha look for a job in Music, since that's the only thing available at the moment.

At home, things were no less chaotic.  When Jackson grew into a child, Markus immediately rolled the want for another baby like a normal Family sim.  I obliged him, thinking that Marsha doesn't have much longer before becoming an elder, so I should let them get one more in.  Plus they have three bedrooms, so they'd be a nice family unit with two kids.  I should have expected it, I suppose.  Part of me did.  They had TWO new babies - boy/girl twins named Cherry and Eli.  At this point I thought, "Well, I can squeeze Eli in with Jackson when he's older and Cherry can have the nursery.  It'll be tight, but it'll work."  Of course, Markus had other plans.  As soon as the twins aged up to toddler he rolled the want for another baby, even though he'd become an elder the night before.  I was on the fence, but I really like to follow wants when it comes to children.  It can only work if they have a single daughter because there is no room for another boy.  The first day they tried (I only let them try once per day), Marsha did not get pregnant, so I kind of hoped that would remain the case until she got too old, but no such luck.  The next day she wound up pregnant, so I guess we'll be adding a fourth child to this family who I used to think would never even have one.  They'll probably have twin boys just to stick it to me.

Lot #3 taxes were $5,956.00, bringing the total funds to $72,218.00

Stats:

Playable sims: 23

SM: 3

Population: 69

Residential lots: 6

Owned Community lots: 5

Unowned Community lots: 1

CAS earned: 6 (3 added)

If Markus had succeeded in achieving rank 10 with his business, it would have opened up another slot in Business (still pending the "office building"), but since he did not do that, there is no change in career stats.  Up next is the Collins family.  Happy Simming!