Said sadly

Round 24: Summer 2020

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Tate Benton is 50, Zelda is 45 and Jack and Charlie are both 8.
(Araminta is 57, Josie is 18 and Audrey is 8)

Narrated by Zelda Benton

Josie has only been gone a couple of weeks and we're still getting used to her not being around. Tate keeps setting a place for her at the table, forgetting she's not here.



Araminta keeps telling me she'll be fine at college. She's already put Ione through college and she came back in one piece, and she sent Finn off last year.

And I know she'll be okay. Josie's a smart girl and she's never been short on confidence. I still can't help but worry a little bit though.

Tate drove Josie to campus when she went to move into the dorm and he thought he'd hang around a bit, seeing she looked kind of nervous.

She was nervous, but she was apparently only nervous that one of the other students would see her hanging around with her dad. Tate said she stood around looking like she couldn't wait for him to leave.

So Tate just took the hint, they said their goodbyes and he left Josie to her own devices. She's called home since then and it seems like she's settling in.

I've been writing again! I put it aside for such a long time. I haven't written since before Jack and Charlie came along but it's been great to get back into it. I found an old draft that I never did anything with and I've been working on that any spare second I have. I think Tate might be feeling a little neglected.

Even when I wasn't writing though, I was always walking around with my nose buried in a book, so he should be used to that by now. He knew what he was getting when he married me!

I think I'm owed some time to myself anyway. Josie's not around to help out at the restaurant any more, plus Tate's manager/hostess is on maternity leave (she's having twins in a few months). So I've been filling in. I know Tate's appreciative so I don't exactly mind.

But it's such a horrible job! If it's not customers being difficult on the phone...

...it's customers starting fights in the middle of the restaurant. Grown adults too! Vanessa is looking to come back to work once her maternity leave is over and I can't wait until she does!

It was such a huge shock when I got pregnant with Charlie so soon after we started the adoption process for Jack but it's worked out so well. The boys are so close that it's almost like they're actually twins. They're each other's best friend, really.

Jack is also very close to Audrey Lachance. She comes over most afternoons after school.

Charlie has become friends with her through Jack so it's not uncommon to see all three of them fishing at the little pond we have on our property.

Jack and Audrey are just playing around but Charlie has become very serious about fishing, which we didn't expect. He's always talking about different kinds of bait and fish and all sorts of things I have no clue about.

Tate doesn't know the first thing about fishing but somehow, Charlie's got the idea that he's an expert and he wants Tate to take him fishing "for real". If Tate can manage not to fall into the creek, it might work well - Charlie can catch some fish and Tate will be more than happy to cook it for dinner.

Random stuff:

Oh my God, Josie at university - the drama begins!

I swear, I was literally at Josie's dorm for maybe 2 or 3 minutes and Josie's already starting trouble! God, I love ACR!

Jacob Weaver just happens to be strolling by Novak Hall and Josie decides to voice her appreciation (and just a reminder, Jacob is Josie's best friend's ex).

Jacob is not impressed.

So apparently, having sex with other girls = good but being wolf whistled at = bad.

Maybe he's just sucking up because Maia was around?

He probably figures he's got a good shot at getting Maia into bed, now that there actually is a bed (most of the rooms in Novak Hall are have double beds).

Whatever is going on, Josie is totally sad about it!

And because my fellow bloggers will understand...

I spent several minutes deciding on which of these almost identical pictures I was going to use and I'm still not sure! The top one is more zoomed in but Audrey almost looks like she's looking at Jack in the second.

Notes:

• Title is from ...Said Sadly by the Smashing Pumpkins.
• The Josie/Jacob thing was a little strange. Josie and Jacob are 100/100 BFFs, with one bolt of chemistry. We already know that Jacob will cheat on Maia if given the opportunity, so what's up with this? Do Sims react differently to ACR interactions if their partners are around? I don't know that I've ever paid attention to that.
• Last time Zelda wrote was in 2012 (how nerdy was it that I checked?) but she rolled the want to start writing again this round. She was 8% done on one novel already and she got started on another one too.
• Charlie is obsessed with fishing now. He's a Sports Sim but he doesn't roll up any sports wants ever. I guess he's kind of like Luc - Luc is a Sports Sim too but I don't think he's done anything sporty since he was about 10. As a non-sporty person, I can't really blame either of them. ;)