Tomorrow never knows

Round 24: Spring 2019

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Adam Gottlieb is 64, Athena is 59, Amelia is 30, Wade is 29, Sophie is 6 and Noah is 1.
(Augustin is 64 and Tatiana is 36)

Narrated by Athena Gottlieb

Noah has only just turned 1 but Amelia just announced that she's pregnant again! Adam is beside himself - I don't know if he'll ever have enough grandchildren! I'm excited too but the news is making me feel a little old. I can't believe I'm old enough to have three grandchildren!


I've been watching Wade carefully for his reaction. You can't really ask these sorts of things but I think Sophie was a bit of a surprise for both of them and it took him a long time to agree to try for a second. But he seemed pretty happy with the news.

I guess Wade is just realising that fatherhood isn't really as scary as he thought it would be. He and Amelia have done a great job so far with Sophie and Noah. Sophie gets straight As in school. She's a bit of a dawdler and she leaves her homework to the last minute but I guess we can't really complain too much as long as she gets it done.

It's too early to tell what Noah will be like when he gets older - he's only just learning to walk!

Looking at Noah is almost exactly like looking at Wade when he was a toddler. He's just the spitting image of his dad. I've even almost called him Wade a couple of times!

I hated being pregnant but pregnancy agrees with Amelia. She doesn't get much morning sickness or fatigue. She went to work the other week, got a promotion to sous chef, came home early and then headed back in to work for another shift a few hours later. I'm amazed! I never could have done that while I was pregnant.

Wade is still a "scatmaster". None of us are quite sure why but he really enjoys it. Maybe it's the late starts. He still gets up very early and goes out bug hunting until it's time for him to leave.

We might have another little chef on our hands in a few years! Sophie was never very interested in the Yummy Channel before but since she realised she could watch Adam on TV, it's become her favourite channel.

Adam's keen to give up the show and Max Nihill is ready to step in and take his place. It's been a nice bonding activity for Adam and Sophie though. I think they'll both miss it.

With the new baby coming, we've realised we won't be able to stay in this house for much longer. Noah's already sleeping in the hallway and Sophie's going to break her neck sliding down that banister one day. I hope our next place doesn't have a spiral staircase!

All we really need is a house with 6 bedrooms, so I can convert one into a home office and at least as many bathrooms as we have here. We're both keen to move to Sullivan. Joanna is already living there and it'd be nice to have the family close together again. We don't really need any extra money but Adam has written a few restaurant guides that have sold well, so we've got some more cash to play around with anyway.

Adam and I enjoyed an early dinner at Le Magnifique the other afternoon. Adam ordered what he always does - Baked Alaska! I went with a healthier option. I eat enough unhealthy food at home!

Adam insisted I needed some time to de-stress and who am I to argue? We haven't been out dancing in a long time!

And Adam is right. Ever since I was elected governor, it sometimes feels like I'm always at work. People approach me all the time in public - sometimes just to say hello, sometimes to complain about something!

Adam gets a lot of attention himself though! Being on television will do that!

It was nice to forget about work for a while but I had to get straight back into it the next day. The main issue for Sullivan right now is overcrowding at the primary school.

Augustin Novak is the outgoing principal and Tatiana Lachance will be taking over from him when he retires. I've been meeting with them both, to talk about what they'll need.

Augustin can be frustrating for both Tatiana and me to deal with but we're making headway.

Augustin was the first principal of SPS, so it's like his baby and he was very reluctant to have the city build a new one and wanted us to renovate. We tried that and it soon became apparent that the building was just not made to fit as many students as we have currently. Our compromise is building a new school but trying to keep the aesthetics of the old one in mind while doing so. I'm hoping we can have this school finished by the time elections roll around - it might make re-election a lot more likely - but these sorts of things are so often plagued by delays, and all we can really do is hope for the best!

Notes:

• Title is from the Beatles song Tomorrow Never Knows.
• I completely forgot to put Amelia back on birth control! I saw them go upstairs to woohoo, considered quickly putting her on it but figured it would be okay, because I hovered my mouse and saw it was just "Casual Woohoo", not "Try for Baby". Of course, I forgot about Risky Woohoo, so Amelia is due in Winter 2020! Amelia has the want for another baby and Adam has the want for a grandchild, so they'll be happy at least.
• Wade might be my best hope for finishing this cursed bug collection! He's got 26/30 so far - he needs two more spiders and two more butterflies.
• Athena was the Sim who rolled the Date Night ROS this round. It was the day time when they went out but I followed the spirit of the ROS, if not the letter!
• I've decided that elections for governor will be held the year following tax year. Next tax year is 2021, so the election will be in 2022. I think Athena will run again - she'll still be relatively young - but I haven't decided who will run against her.
• I definitely need to build a new primary school and whether it gets finished by the next election will depend on how lazy I am! LOL. I should really get started though.