In a surprising turn of events, Brandon Baxter moved out to live with his fiancé Irene Franklin and their young son. Angela wasn't sad to see him go, as they've never gotten along, but she missed his income for sure. Wendy had been engaged to Irene's cousin Alex but, sadly, he died. After taking some time to get over her loss, she jumped back into the dating game, but this time she seems determined not to get too seriously involved with anyone. She had several dates with Andrew Chen, but now has her sights set on Count BJ Haggerty. In due time, all the younger girls grew up, Amanda and Vanessa to adult, and Jennifer to teen. Several promotions all around has finally brought this family to Working Class status, with a savings of $10,854 after expenses.
The Franklins moved into their new apartment and spent most of their money on furnishings. Luckily, they all did well in their jobs, obtaining several promotions each. Riley grew into an adult and took a job in Culinary, which he got fired from the very first day. He later took a job in Military, while continuing to search for his LTW of Athletic (to no avail, he'll keep looking next round). At least being home during the day while he was in between jobs led to him meeting the mail carrier, Dagmar Bertino, whom he has two bolts for. They've started dating and things are going well so far. Isaac is dating three different women at this point, so it doesn't look like he's too eager to settle down. Charlotte and Xavier became elders, and Charlotte was finally able to complete her LTW of having a Golden Anniversary. Caleb became a teen, got a job, and, because he was doing so well in school, I came up with a new idea to allow teens who have an A grade in school to take "AP classes" for free, which basically just means they'll be able to get a head start on their college education by studying the special skills from the bookcase. All other conditions must be met (must have a computer/bookcase). I thought this would be a good way for lower income families to get ahead a little bit, but it will still be fairly rare, as teens often struggle to keep up with homework and jobs. In any event, Caleb doesn't really need the degree (his LTW is for Culinary), but being able to study cooking will be helpful, not to mention being allowed vacation time and teaching the next generation to study. By the end of fall, after expenses, the family has $12,045 and will remain Working.
Happy Simming!
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