Wild wild life

Round 31: December 2033 (Summer)

last update/Anthony and Veronica's next update/next update

Caleb Moretti is 51, Cara is 44 and Anthony and Veronica are both 16.

Narrated by Veronica Moretti

Christmas is coming up soon, so Anthony and I are free all day instead of being at school. I actually like school but it's kind of exciting that when we go back, we'll be in our last year!

Anthony is spending most of his time hanging out with Noah and sometimes Mitchell and his friend Tim.

Anthony still doesn't have a girlfriend, so he usually ends up abandoning his buddies as soon as a pretty girl walks by.

He's still single though, because the only girls who are actually interested in Anthony are ones he thinks are too young for him.

If only they could see him admiring himself in the mirror at home. They'd change their minds about him for sure!

I don't know if there's another guy on earth who's more in love with his own reflection than Anthony.

Apart from constantly checking himself out, he's been eating bag after bag of potato chips. The manufacturer is running a competition and the first prize was $50,000. To win, you have to send in a bar code and write why you deserve the money in 25 words or less. Anthony is determined to win, so he needs a lot of bar codes.

And wouldn't you know it, he actually won! So he's got $50,000 to do whatever he wants with, as well as a full scholarship to Suffolk University.

He's been rubbing it my face for the last week. It's getting really old.

Joke's on him, anyway, because Mum and Dad are holding it in trust until he's old enough to deal with it responsibly.

He's tried his best to get his hands on it now but Mum and Dad are holding firm.

Some of us still have to work to make money, so I've been working part-time at a vacation care centre.

We have our own room at the park but the weather has been so nice lately that we've had the kids outdoors most of the day.

It's only for a couple of hours a day but I love it. I guess it's good experience too. I want to be a teacher but I'm not sure what age group I want to teach yet.

When I'm not at work, I'm usually with Oliver. He's going to college next year to study political science, so we won't be seeing each other at school any more.

I'm actually looking forward to him going away though, in a way. Oliver's going to be sharing a house with his twin brother Sebastian and I'm hoping we can get more time alone then.

As it is now, we can hang out around here until Dad gets home. Then Oliver is ushered out the door. Normally, I complain but I'm hoping to get a car for Christmas so I'm sweet as can be about it at the moment.

Sadly, on Christmas morning, there was no car. I did get a laptop though, which is still pretty awesome! Anthony got one too.

We can use them for fun as well but Mum was sure to remind us that they were mainly for school and then for college. Anthony thought that was a fantastic way to turn a cool present into something really lame.

We don't normally get such expensive gifts for Christmas but Dad decided to make Christmas a huge deal this year. Ryan was too little to realise what was happening last Christmas, so this is his first real experience of it all.

Thomas and Ryan got so many toys this year! Probably enough to add up to the cost of a laptop.

Dad is so totally into this whole grandfather thing. He wasn't always, because he thought he was too young to have grandkids.

But Nick and Sarah are having their third in a couple of months and Dad is just beside himself with excitement. He can't wait.

I'm wondering where they're going to put them all. They might need a new house eventually, I guess.

Dad says Nick's always wanted a big family but he's just hoping they don't move too far from us. He likes that they're only a few streets away right now.

For some reason, Ryan is obsessed with Anthony. Out of everyone at our place on Christmas Day, Anthony was probably the least interested in Thomas and Ryan, so it was kind of funny!

I like being an aunt though. I'm more than happy to lap up as much Thomas and Ryan time as I can, if Anthony's not keen.

I don't know how Anthony can resist though; they're both so cute!

Now that Christmas is over and done with, we've got over a month before we head back to school for our final year. I'm planning on working on some more artwork and just relaxing as much as I can. Next year is going to be a really busy one for me!

Spam:
I hope no one minds some more Thomas and Ryan spam! They're just so sweet!

It's interesting that when idle, Ryan is the much more smiley kid, when Thomas is more outgoing and playful than his little brother. I'm looking forward to watching these two grow up together.

Notes:

• Title is from Wild, Wild Life by Talking Heads.
• I seriously want to marry that redheaded teen townie in one of these days. She's super-cute and unusual looking, although you can't see her properly in the picture with Anthony. Alas, she's not interested in poor Anthony. ;)
• Anthony rolled the ROS "Large lottery prize". But seeing he's under 18, he wouldn't have been able to buy a lottery ticket, so I turned it into a competition instead. It's still a bit iffy as to whether a teenager could win such a big cash prize though, so I'm having Caleb and Cara hold it for him until later. ;)
• Anthony pretty much has it made now, with the $50,000 and the full scholarship (which amounts to 8 EA scholarships). He is only the fourth Sim in Sullivan to earn one, following in the footsteps of his brother Nick. Veronica didn't do too badly either - she earned 6 scholarships.
• Caleb's catering business (which I played but didn't show) reached Level 5 this session, which gave him the $50,000 business grant. Caleb and Cara have about $80,000 to their names now, not including Anthony's money. It's such a huge difference to how they were living when they first got married.
• One more update until January birthdays! :D