Pleasantview 4/30/25

 Nathan Dreamer (see PV 1/15/21) died at the age of 83.  He lived a long life that was filled with ups and downs but ultimately ended in platinum.  Nathan was the only son of Dirk and Lilith Dreamer.  He had a younger sister named Summer.  He met the love of his life, Christine Tellerman, as a teen.  Christine was the daughter of Komei Tellerman and Jodie (Larson) Tellerman.  They got married soon after reaching adulthood.  Not long after their marriage, Nathan's mother Lilith died, leaving his father and sister on their own in the family home.  Nathan didn't have much time to grieve, however, as he and Christine welcomed three sets of twins in a row: Alexis and Braedon, Calvin and Delia, and Erin and Faith.  In addition, Nathan was working his way up the Adventure career track.  After the youngest twins were born, Nathan and Christine's marriage hit a rough patch, and they ended up divorcing, which was a devastating blow for Nathan.  He moved back to the family home, joining his father Dirk, his sister Summer (who had been married and divorced by that time), and his sister's two children, Lisa and Eric.  This was a very difficult time in Nathan's life.  He focused on work mostly, achieving success and reaching the top of the Adventure career before switching to Intelligence (which he eventually topped as well).  Tragedy struck when the ghost of the family dog (Buffy) began viciously attacking members of the family, killing first Summer, then Dirk.  Nathan was nearly killed himself several times.  He survived though, luckily, and was able to reunite with his beloved Christine, moving back home with his family.  (His sister's kids went to live with their father Stephen Landgraab.)  Life took a turn for the better after that.  He spent many happy years with Christine, watching their children grow and have children of their own.  They did suffer one more devastating loss, however, when their daughter Faith died in college.  Christine died not long after, and Nathan found himself on his own again for the first time in ages.  His daughter Alexis had taken over the household by that point, as well as her mother's salon, so there wasn't much for Nathan to do other than spend time with the grandchildren.  That's when Zena Goss came into his life.  She was young and vibrant, and Nathan was instantly smitten.  His kids weren't too happy about the relationship, as Zena was younger than all of them, but Nathan married her anyway.  They had a baby girl together, Nevada.  It was a short-lived relationship, however, and Nathan ended up back home with Alexis, her boyfriend (now husband) Alvin, and his two grandchildren.  He continued to maintain a close bond with Nevada and he and Zena stayed on good terms as well.  Just recently, he began dating Marylena GilsCarbo, but time was running out for Nathan, so it didn't get very far.  Nathan was one of my favorite sims of all time.  Descended from two of the most iconic families in Pleasantview, he leaves behind six children (he had seven in total) and seven grandchildren.  He will be missed.

The Bruty family was relaxing, as usual.  Thomas, Noel, and Ivy all worked.  Noel and Ivy both got promoted; Thomas is still short quite a few friends.  Camille grew into an adult and decided to work on getting her GED so she can pursue a job in Gaming.  Eve wanted some pets, so they adopted a puppy and a kitten.  She'll become a teen next round.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 4/29/25

 The Landgraab family (see PV 1/13/21) had a slightly less chaotic round this time.  Tess got a promotion at work (at long last!!!) and then invited all the older kids over to hand out college money.  Stephen finished a novel.  Shane got arrested but, luckily, his public defender was able to get the charges dropped.  He spent some time with friends and did some stargazing. Wes decided he'd like to join his older siblings at boarding school and headed off to Briarwood at the end of the round, where he got assigned to Ray's dorm unit.  The younger twins really wanted another kitten, as they lost one of their elder cats recently and will likely lose another in the near future, so Piper joined the family.

Cara Broke (see PV 1/14/21) had the day off again, which she spent doing nothing...again.  She's been thinking about getting engaged to her boyfriend Ben Tellerman, but I guess she's still having some doubts about the relationship because she's just not ready to move in together yet.  Aiden also opted not to move in with Lucy (Hanby), though in his case it's more of a "been there, done that" situation, so understandable.  Aiden also had an outing with Count Nery Zhang, who spent most of the time they were hanging out fighting with (and getting his butt kicked by) Xavier Goth.  Apparently, he likes that sort of thing though because the outing was "fun". To each his own lol.

Lucy Hanby (see PV 1/14/21) finally wore Aiden down and convinced him they should give their relationship another try (despite the fact that she's also involved with someone else) before it's too late.  (Since he has some stuff I want him to bring with him, I waited until the end of the round to go back to his house, move him out, and drop him in.  He'll be played her next round.)  Apart from that, the only event of significance was her elder cat Tiger died, and she adopted a puppy, Tucker.

Lila Ottomas (see PV 1/14/21) wanted to move her boyfriend Toby Grundstrom in, but I nixed the idea because Toby only has a couple days left to live, he has a teenaged son who would have to move with him and he's working on the 20 puppies/kittens LTW, which he's close to finishing (I don't think he's going to make it, but I have to let him try, right?)  I think Lila was annoyed because she kept getting out of her coffin and nearly killed herself a couple times.  Gavin took care of his plants and the pets, invited his son over for a bit, had an outing with a friend, where he met a townie woman who he hit it off with, and early the next morning he ran the nursery, where his apples and lemons finally grew in.  Not too shabby for Gavin.

Armando Ottomas (see PV 1/15/21) behaved like a good vampire this round and stayed in his coffin all day until work.  He still didn't get promoted though.  Nadine had the day off.  They managed to get together college fund money for all the kids, but they still can't swing private boarding school for either Anton or Joanne.  At least the cat got a promotion, and Anton got a teen job also, so maybe they'll be able to get ahead next time.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 4/28/25

 Finishing up Briarwood, Girls' Dorm B (see PV 1/11/21) is home to five students: Madison Kim, Katrina Swain, Violet Grundstrom, and new students Caryl Bruty and Elise Shahan.  No one graduated this round, but all the teens worked.  Caryl and Elise both scored promotions.  Everyone had a difficult time keeping up with their homework/skilling due to sickness, but they managed to scrape by.

Shifting over to base Pleasantview, we'll visit the prison (see PV 1/12/21) where there are still two inmates: Mason Tellerman and Rosemary Bruty.  Mason served his 8th day and Rosemary her 5th.  Since they are each serving 18-day sentences, they'll be up for parole once they've served 12 days, so they both have a while to go yet.

Heather Broke (see PV 1/13/21) nearly got all the skills needed for another promotion - she'll keep working next round.  Hobart wrote a restaurant guide and Charlotte continued working on her master's degree, though she still didn't find a job in Medicine.  The family threw a huge party for Warner's teen birthday, and he grew up with the LTW for Culinary.  In the wee hours of the morning, Charlotte gave birth to a baby girl, Adele.  The family's elder cat died, and they adopted another kitten (Jasper) to keep Kingston company.  Next round Evan will become an elder......And that's what happened the first time I played this household.  Unfortunately, the game crashed upon saving and all that was lost.  The second time I played Heather got fired from her job, Warner's LTW was for Education, and Hobart and Charlotte had a boy, Harmon.  That time also crashed, resulting in a third play.  This time Heather kept her job, but they still had a boy, who I again named Harmon, and Warner rolled Golden Anniversary.  Everything else remained the same - Hobart wrote a guide, Charlotte worked on her degree, but didn't find Medicine, and the cat died and was replaced with Jasper.  I threw a smaller party this time and Hobart and Charlotte did not have time for a date, but those were fairly insignificant changes.  I had to save every few hours to get through the round, but finally it's done. 😒

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 4/27/25

 Moving over to Briarwood...

Girls' Dorm A (see PV 1/11/21) has four students: Noelle Tellerman, Amy Broke, Daphne Dreamer, and Kylie Greaves.  All the girls were focused on their studies this round, which was made easier by the fact that they all had the day off from work.  Noelle was set to graduate, but realized she was just one skill point short of getting into Academie Le Tour.  Luckily, she rolled the want for a cooking point (and earned it) just before she had to leave for Uni, so she'll be off to ALT after all.  Amy will graduate next round.

Boys' Dorm A (see PV 1/11/21) has a full contingent of students: Aaron GilsCarbo, Leo and Max Deppiesse, Julian Delarosa, Ray Grundstrom, and new student Sean Tellerman.  A few of the boys decided to skip class, which didn't help their grades.  No one had to work, however, so they all got their skilling in.  Aaron, Leo, and Max all graduated.  Aaron and Max are both headed to ALT, where they'll be in the same dorm with Noelle Tellerman, so at least they'll know some people.  Leo, unfortunately, was only able to get into SSU, as his grades were not exactly stellar.  A headmaster visit got Sean officially into private school.  Next round Julian will graduate.

Boys' Dorm B (see PV 1/11/21) has six students: Jake Alpha, Glen Gray, Richard Ottomas, Teddy Korman, Steven Ottomas, and new student Parker Ottomas.  All the boys went to class and worked on skills, though Jake decided he didn't need to worry about homework since he was graduating this round.  A couple of the boys worked, and Servo ran a headmaster visit for Parker.  Steven finally grew into a teen, rolling a LTW of Music (he's Romance/Pleasure btw).  Jake is off to LFT, which opens up a slot for a potential new student.  Glen will graduate next round.  (On a side note, one of the Servos from another unit ran amok and nearly killed both Steven and Glen.  Thankfully he broke down before he could shock anyone else.)

Tomorrow we'll finish up Briarwood and move on to base PV.  Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 4/26/25

 Over at Casteroff Dorm (see PV 1/10/21) Darius Goss and Dawn Grundstrom have been joined by incoming freshman Caryl Broke.

Darius graduated Summa Cum Laude, but with a huge student loan to be paid.  He'll spend next term working to save money for an apartment, though he may move in with his girlfriend Alyssa Larson.

Dawn earned another A+, maintaining her 4.0.  She also had a date with Andrew Dreamer, who she wants to get engaged to.  However, Andrew has recently reconciled with his ex, Lauren Greaves, and he wants to get engaged to her, so it's probably not going to work out in Dawn's favor.  Dawn will finish senior year next round.

Caryl is majoring in Poli Sci, with the intent to pursue a career in Intelligence.  She earned an A+ for her first term.  She has quite a few friends from her time at boarding school, but not too many prospects in the romance department at the moment.  She rolled the want to join a Greek house, so she'll pursue that next semester.  

Lastly, Mille House Dorm (see PV 1/10/21) still has two students: Savannah Broke and Blake Tellerman.

Savannah earned an A+ for the semester and spent a lot of time with her friends and her Uncle Lucas.  She will finish senior year next round.

Blake also scored an A+ and finished his junior year.  He and his girlfriend Amanda have decided to move in together, so he is moving out of the dorm.  He'll begin senior year next time.

Finally!! Uni is done and we'll move on to Briarwood tomorrow.  Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 4/25/25

 At Romara Dorm (see PV 1/9/21) there are still two students: Jason Broke and Lauren Greaves.  I don't know if I mentioned this before or not, but Lauren and Jason are actually aunt/nephew.  Lauren's much older brother, who she doesn't really know, is Jason's father.  Anyway...

Jason had a date with Clarissa Fancey which went very well.  He also made the Dean's List, maintaining his 4.0 GPA.  He will finish sophomore year next round.

Lauren also earned an A+ (and a 4.0), as well as rekindling her relationship with Andrew Dreamer.  (I guess there was a cow mascot incident or something?  Idk, don't really remember lol.)  I don't think she knows he started dating someone else while they were broken up.  She also decided to join Tri-Annya.  She got in easily and will be living there next term as she finishes out her junior year.

Over at Lam Plaza, Gabriella Hamilton has been joined by new freshman Kimberli Cox.  I noticed that the dorm is now all female, which I thought was interesting.

Gabi finished the term with an A+ and is still locked in on getting engaged to Lucas.  She didn't roll any wants for Jason Fancey, so maybe she's made her choice?  She'll finish junior year next time.

Kimberli also scored an A+ (it seems like everyone does at this point).  She also had an outing with some friends, one of whom is an elder male townie, who seems very keen on taking their relationship into romantic territory.  Add to that the fact that one of her professors calls her on a daily basis, and you've got a par-tay!  I'd much prefer her to be with a playable sim, but all the guys she knows are still teens, so we'll see what happens.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 4/24/25

 Moving on to ALT, we have NFC (see PV 1/8/21) up first.  There are still three members: Jess Creelman, Andrew Dreamer, and Jason Fancey.

Once again, despite all odds (they were all sick with the mysterious disease), they all managed to pull off A+ grades for the term, as well as spend time socializing with friends, family, love interests, and each other.

Jess has a 3.8 GPA and will finish his junior year next round.

Andrew has a 4.0 and is heading into his final semester of senior year.

Jason finished his sophomore year with a 4.0 and will begin junior year next term.

At Boggs Hall Dorm there is one new student, Cybil Fancey.

Cybil had a date (and fell in love) with Anthony Tellerman.  He's a Romance sim though, so I don't know if the relationship will last.  Time will tell.  Academically, she was very successful, earning an A+ (and a 4.0) for her first term.  She also rolled the want to join a Greek house, so she'll join Tri-Annya next semester in preparation for moving there at the beginning of her sophomore year.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 4/23/25

 Desert Dorm (see PV 1/7/21) has four students in total: the Cord and Octavius Tinker, Ericka Tellerman, and incoming freshman Clarissa Fancey.

Cord graduated with a 3.4 GPA, after earning an A+ in his final term.  He will spend his last semester on campus working on his master's degree for Oceanography.

Octavius received an A for his last term and graduated with a 3.5 GPA.  He will be working next semester, saving up money for his move back to Pleasanview.

Ericka continues to maintain her academic excellence with another A+ for the semester and a perfect 4.0 GPA.  She will finish her sophomore year next round.

Clarissa did fairly well, earning a B+ for her first semester.  She'll finish freshman year next term.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 4/18/25

 Oresha-Hoh-Var (see PV 1/6/21) continued with three members: Tyler Tellerman, Brian Ryan, and Ray Picaso.  All the boys were sick, so they were pretty unhappy most of the time.

Tyler graduated last term, so he spent his time working part-time to earn some cash before moving back to Pleasantview.  He saved up $2461 and will be moving in with his brother Ben, who lives Downtown.  I felt this was the best plan for him since he's going into Criminal and will likely be in and out of jail.

Brian barely squeaked by with a C+.  He'll finish his junior year next round.

Ray, against all odds, snagged a spot on the Dean's List with an A+.  He'll begin his junior year next term.

Oasis Dorm has a new student: Simon Korman.

Simon is a first-term freshman, majoring in Economics, with the intent to enter Business.  He spent most of the semester focused on studying and it paid off with an A+ and a 4.0 GPA.  He'll finish freshman year next round.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 4/17/25

 Pinenut Plaza (see PV 1/5/21) acquired a new student this round, bringing the total to two sims: Blaze Broke and Lysandra Harris.

Unfortunately for Blaze, the dormie who moved out to make room for Lysandra was Jan Stallkamp, the girl he's potentially interested in.  Being a Romance sim, however, he wasn't too bothered by it.  He has two bolts for Lysandra as well and managed to have an outing with both Jan and Lysandra and later, a date with Evelyn Deppiesse.  So he has no shortage of female companionship.  He finished the semester with an A-, which I thought would help his GPA more, but alas, he's still at a 2.8.  Blaze will finish senior year next round and move back to PV immediately, without the benefit of the extra term to work and earn money, because he went on academic probation previously and has to make up the semester.

Lysandra chose Psychology as her major, with the intent to pursue a career in Business.  She was immediately taken with Blaze (probably not a good idea on her part, but Romance sims are practically irresistible to other sims, so who can really blame her?)  They had a date that went well enough for them to land in crush, so we'll see what happens there.  Since Lysandra rolled lots of wants for research and assignments, she did very well academically, scoring an A+ and a perfect 4.0.  She'll finish freshman year next round.

Over at LFT and the Tri-Fruhm sorority, there are two new members, making a total of four: Claire Dreamer, Katy LeTourneau, Sydney Jacquet, and Clair Carr.

Claire Dreamer was a little more focused on her studies this term, scoring an A+ and bringing her GPA up to 3.2.  She will finish her junior year next round.

Katy had another miserable semester in which she was very sick the whole time.  She was in orange the entire semester but, nevertheless, managed to get a B+, which is pretty good, considering.  She will finish her sophomore year next time.

Sydney is just the neat freak the sorority needed.  She's getting the house in tip-top shape and pulling off an A+, which will keep her GPA relatively high at 3.8.  I guess she's finally rebounded from the loss of her brother and realized that life goes on.

Claire Carr wasn't terribly interested in studying (maybe because her parents are rich and it's not so important to her to be successful), but she still earned a respectable B+.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 4/16/25

 Previously vacant Sim State Dorm received two brand new students: Jay Broke and Anthony Tellerman.

Jay got off to a great start, attending classes, doing assignments, and turning in his term paper.  He finished his first semester of college with an A+ and a 4.0 GPA.  Socially, he didn't have as much success.  He had a date with a completely unsuitable woman and invited only family members to the party the boys decided to throw.

Anthony didn't do any better - in fact, he did worse.  His date was also inappropriate, and he only scored a C+ for the semester.  At least he did have one actual friend to invite to the party, so that's something, I guess.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 4/15/25 Round 5

 David Ottomas (see PV 1/4/21) was on his own this semester and pretty happy about it.  He spent time with friends, did a little skilling, and went to class enough to hold onto his 2.9 GPA.  He will finish his senior year and graduate next round.

Over at Urele-Oresha-Cham there are still two students: Ross Grundstrom and Jordan Hanby.                      Ross had a small get together with family and friends, but mostly focused on skilling for class.  It didn't help him too much though, because he finished the term with a C+.   He will finish his senior year next round.                                                                                                                                                        Jordan was sick and miserable the entire semester.  He invited some family members over, but he didn't have any fun.  He barely managed to get himself to class every day.  And yet, he finished the term with the same C+ as Ross.  Go figure.  He's heading into his final semester as a junior.

Happy Simming!

Humble Beginnings 4/14/25

 At the University, Zane Gordon finished his thesis, earned the skills needed to qualify for a job in Education, and switched from Athletic to Education.  Since his wife Meadow gave birth to their daughter while in prison, Zane was given custody of little Skye.  She grew into a toddler and then a child by the end of spring.  Since Zane wasn't able to save much money, he and Skye will be moving back home with his parents.  Austin Franklin also joined Zane at University.  He had nearly finished his studies already, so just had to take one final class and do his thesis.  After he finished, he also took a job in Education and spent the rest of the week working and saving money.  He also met townie Lilly Do, who he has two bolts for.  They haven't started dating yet, so we'll see where that goes when he gets played.  He'll be moving to his own Working Class apartment, as his total savings (between what he earned and what his mother gave him when he left for Uni) is $11,323.

And that concludes Humble Beginnings for the time being.  I thought I'd be finished much sooner, but some stuff came up and I didn't have as much time to play as I expected.  In any event, I've been thinking of returning to Pleasantview next, but there are some other 'hoods I haven't played in a while as well, so I might change my mind.  Until next time, Happy Simming!

Humble Beginnings 4/13/25

 The Lewis family is comprised of elder Martin Lewis, his son Aaron, Aaron's husband Jay, Martin's deceased daughter's teen twins Cameron and Chloe, and Aaron and Jay's toddler son Nathan.  They began as Lower Middle Class, which seems like a lucky break for them, but coming in with no skills and LTWs that require degrees is no picnic.  Martin and the teens immediately got jobs, as they had no skill requirements to do so.  They all started off in Slacker; Chloe reached the top by the end of the week and Cam got fired but took a job in Culinary instead. Aaron and Jay worked on skills initially, scoring jobs in Law Enforcement mid-week. Martin met a few women he liked, but no real chemistry until he met elder townie Jacqueline Olshfski (2 bolts) and immediately rolled the want to fall in love.  They haven't had a date yet, but it looks promising for next round.  Chloe had a couple dates with Jesse Franklin, but it remains to be seen if they'll end up together, as Jesse has interest in another girl as well.  The twins reached adulthood at the end of spring, earning some decent scholarship money, and preparing to move out together and become Working Class, as the family could only afford to give them $5000.  After expenses and necessary purchases for the home, the Lewis family has $430 and will remain Lower Middle Class.

Happy Simming!

Humble Beginnings 4/12/25

 Ethan Carter moved into his apartment and spent most of his week working on his career in Politics.  Every night he went out, looking for available ladies, but didn't have much luck until he met Sandy Bruty and she offered to set him up on a blind date with her friend Jan Tellerman.  It went well (2 bolts) and Ethan moved her in by the end of the round.  She brought in $16,000 and a job in Law Enforcement (which she promptly got fired from on her first day of work).  Her LTW is for Culinary, which she was unable to find, so she'll work on that next round.  For now, she remains unemployed, which is okay since she's also pregnant.  At the end of spring, they have $18,537 and will remain Working Class.

Dominique Parker and Scott Gordon were pretty boring this round.  I expected Scott, as a Family sim, to roll wants to get engaged, married, and have kids.  Instead, his Knowledge secondary took over and he became obsessed with skilling.  He finally rolled the want for a date near the end of the week, which resulted in the couple finally exchanging vows and getting pregnant (Dominique was the one who rolled the want though!)  The baby will be due next round.  Dom spent the entire week working in Military, despite looking every day for Law.  She finally found in the eleventh-hour early Monday morning.  At the end of spring, they have $712, and will remain Working Class.

Happy Simming!

Humble Beginnings 4/4/25

 Vanessa Owens moved into her apartment and immediately moved in and married Ben Long.  Ben brought in a whopping $18,000!!  That, combined with the inheritance Vanessa received from her mother's passing, gave them enough to be promoted to Lower Middle.  However, they had to stay and play out their week here first.  Ben's elder job didn't bring in much, but Vanessa was able to obtain a couple of promotions in Law Enforcement.  She has some scholarship money that she could use to earn a degree but hasn't had much time to think about that given that she and Ben welcomed their first child, David, mid-week, and are expecting their second early next round.  Though they had plenty of cash to furnish the apartment, I decided to have them keep it to a minimum so they wouldn't have so much to bring with them.  They'll focus their attention on their new house.  As of the end of spring, the Longs have been promoted to Lower Middle Class, with a bank balance of $34,895.

Happy Simming!

Humble Beginnings 4/3/25

 There was definitely some upheaval in the McCarthy family this spring.  They moved into their new home with very meager furnishings, but Angela was making pretty good money, in addition to Jennifer's income, so they were able to purchase some much-needed items.  Mid-week, Jennifer's niece Robin joined the household, after the untimely death of her mother Wendy.  Robin had barely settled in when Angela passed away at the age of 77, leaving the family a tidy sum in life insurance money, which they used to buy a car and a business lot for George.  Shortly after her mother's death, Jennifer became fixated on having an affair (don't know if this was her grief or if she knows about George's dalliance with Danielle Duncan) and began romancing townie Zeeshan Mamuyac.  Despite trying for baby several times with her husband, it's now Zeeshan's baby she's carrying, or babies I should say, as she helped herself to some cheesecake after the fact.  And this was the branch of the family I thought would be drama-free!  No such luck lol.  At the end of the round, the McCarthys have $3620 and will remain Lower Middle Class.

Amanda Owens moved into her apartment with very little, so she got straight to work trying to get promoted in Law Enforcement and trying to woo her boyfriend Charles Bendett into moving in with her.  She was more successful with the latter, though just barely.  I decided to have her go for a community college degree, since she had earned a $1000 scholarship, and it would make getting promoted easier.  She finally moved Charles in mid-week (he brought $7000, but no job), and I thought they'd immediately want to get married (she's primary Family and he's secondary Family), but they were not on board.  Instead, they adopted a couple of puppies, Charles started working on a Uni degree for his LTW of Science and took a job in Entertainment, and they basically ignored each other until the very end of the week, when Amanda finally rolled the want for a date, which led to the want to get married.  So, they are now Mr. and Mrs. Bendett, Amanda is about halfway through her degree, Charles is nearly finished with his, and they have $1355 remaining after rent/crime syndicate payment.  They will remain Working Class and, hopefully, be starting a family next round.

Happy Simming!

Humble Beginnings 4/1/25

 Chase Iverson moved into his Working-Class apartment, purchased a few meager furnishings, and got straight to work at his Adventurer job.  In his spare time, he continued to see Bruce McMillan, who he moved in towards the end of the round.  Bruce brought in $2000, a lot of friends, and a high-paying job in Business (which he was qualified for and received an honorary Uni degree because of).  Unfortunately, he was off the rest of the week, so he didn't bring in any paychecks.  Chase did earn a couple of promotions, which allowed them to buy a few more furnishings, pay the rent/bills/crime syndicate, and have $12 to spare.  So, they're pretty broke, but they'll make up for it next round, I'm sure.  They'll remain Working Class.

Happy Simming!