Humble Beginnings 3/17/25

 Levi and Phoebe Carter are on their way up the social ladder.  Phoebe nearly made it to the top of Politics this spring.  Rhea dated Ajay Harris before aging up to adulthood.  We'll see what happens with that relationship once Ajay ages up as well.  Ezra became a child, and another baby boy was born, Jonah, who is still an infant at the end of the round.  I considered moving Rhea out on her own, but if the family gave her any money at all (and they'd probably want to give her at least $25K so she could stay at Lower Middle), they would not be able to rank up to Upper Middle Class, so I kept her at home.  They will, however, be moving to a bigger house, as this one is quite cramped and, if Ajay ends up moving in, it would be even more so.  At the end of spring, their savings totals $103,644 and they are being promoted to Upper Middle Class.

The Parkers really struggled this round.  Rose got her arcade up and running, but it took most of the money she earned last round to do it.  The diner never makes any money unless someone goes in to run it (despite checking in every day, I don't get it), so Alvin goes in every couple of days to "shake things up" in addition to his regular job.  Josephine began dating Matthew Smith, and ultimately moved him in, hoping he'd bring some much-needed capital with him.  Turns out he was unemployed with $1 to his name (what a bum!), so he was absolutely no help; he didn't even have anything helpful in his inventory!  Victoria and Samantha both became teens.  Victoria held down a job for a few days but was fired for bad grades.  Samantha took a job in Culinary.  (Incidentally, Victoria's LTW is for Politics and Sam's is for Dance.)  At least Josephine managed to score a couple of promotions.  I ended up having to build a small room above the garage for Matthew and Josephine, since the house was too cramped, and the younger girls aren't ready to move out yet.  By the end of spring, after all expenses were paid, the Parkers have just $765 remaining, keeping them (just barely) Lower Middle Class.

Happy Simming!