File me away

Round 35: November 2041 (Spring)

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Carmody-Halmi-Whitney 1 household profile

Daniel Halmi is 34, Susannah Carmody is 31 and Zac Whitney is 7. 
(Kimberly is 70, Nick is 38 and Sarah is 36 )

Narrated by Susannah Carmody

I was very nervous about having Daniel move in with us but we've settled right in and things have gone so smoothly. 

I was worried things would start to go south like they did with Sam, when we moved in together, but if anything, our relationship is even stronger than it was before.

I guess being with the right person really makes all the difference. 

I love that we get to see each other every morning and every night now. For the first time in ages, I’m not working nights, so our schedules align perfectly.

Daniel and I talk about the future all the time. We love our little unit but we have definite plans to buy our own place one day. That will probably be sooner now that we’re living together than when I was on my own with Zac.

Not just because of having two incomes contributing to everything now but because Daniel is a bit of a financial wiz. He has a fairly successful and stable stock portfolio. My finances weren’t terrible before but they’re much better now. 

We also both want to have kids together. I definitely want more children and Daniel would like to be a dad too, so we’re on the same page there.

We’d both like a big family, ideally, but I’m already in my 30s and not planning on a baby any time soon, so that might not happen. We’d be happy with one, I think. 

When it does happen for us, Daniel is going to be such a great dad. He loves kids and he’s so awesome with Zac already.

A lot of guys would have shied away when they found out I had a kid but Daniel clicked with Zac from the minute I introduced them.

Since Daniel moved in, Zac has been all about outer space. It’s kind of a pet topic for Daniel and Zac has been absorbing it all. 

Sam takes him to the museum in Exeter a fair bit on their weekends together and he loves telling Daniel about all the exhibits he saw when he gets back home.

Daniel also owns an incredibly expensive telescope that he brought with him when he moved in. The evenings are pretty warm at the moment, so they have almost nightly astronomy lessons in our backyard.

I’m on the outs with all of that, seeing I find it difficult to fake an interest in astronomy or science in general. I’m just happy they have something they can bond over. I like to use that time to experiment in the kitchen anyway. 

Sometimes I come up with a new idea for work but most often, I’m just playing around and trying things out.

Daniel and Zac don’t mind eating the results though. They’re very enthusiastic taste testers.

One thing I really appreciate about Daniel is how keen he has been to make a good impression with my family. 

Zac is the most important one, of course, but he has really made an effort with Mum, Sarah, Nick and my nephews and niece as well. 

That was a big sticking point with Sam - he never clicked with Mum and neither one of them was willing to meet the other halfway - so it’s a relief that I don’t have to stress about that any more.

Mum really adores Daniel. I don’t think the guy can do any wrong in her eyes. All my family loves him but Mum is especially taken with him. 

I wasn’t expecting it to be long before Mum started asking about when we’d be getting married and predictably, she’s been inquiring about that for several months now!

Thank goodness Daniel isn’t easily flustered, because I can imagine he would have run screaming by now. 

Getting engaged isn’t something we’ve really put a date on yet but we feel like we’re headed that way. When we do talk about it, it’s “when”, rather than “if”. It’s in the pipeline.

When it does happen for us, I’m glad we won’t have to worry about Zac’s reaction. I did wonder how he would take to Sam and I having new partners but it doesn’t seem to bother him at all.

I guess he was so young when we split up that he doesn’t remember us being together anyway. This is just the way things have always been, as far as he’s concerned. 

Sam and Julia recently announced their engagement and I don’t think anyone was happier about it than Zac. It’s not for another year yet but Zac talks about it like it’s happening next week. 

I took him with me to Audrey and Jack’s wedding last year, where he spent most of the time playing with Jack’s nieces and nephews, so I think he’s hoping for more of the same. 

Daniel and I will be there but I’m not expecting there to be any other kids. I hope he’s not disappointed if he has to hang out with us all day. 

Hopefully seeing his dad getting married will be exciting enough and he won’t be bored out of his little skull!

Notes:

• Title is from File Me Away by Badly Drawn Boy.
• I think I have mentioned before but Kimberly is pretty obsessed with Susannah getting engaged and married and with getting another grandchild. I haven't even got two of those locked - they're just constantly there. So Susannah and Daniel are going to have to indulge her one day!
• Daniel is a playable but I haven't done a profile for him yet as I write this, so if there's no link up there when you read this, that's why. :) I'm a bit behind on admin type stuff, like sim profiles and household profiles right now!