Uni kids (A), March 2047

March 2047 (Autumn)

Aurora and Bianca Moretti are 21, Gabriel Nott is 20 and Charlotte and Marcus Lane are 18. 

(Brendan is 24)

Marcus has just begun his first year at Suffolk. He’d decided to major in Physics a couple of months before arriving on campus, so he was raring to go once he finally got there. 

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Wallflower

Round 37: March 2046 (Autumn)

Matthew and Simon Lane are 21, Aurora and Bianca Moretti are 20 and Gabriel Nott is 19. 
(Brendan is 23, Sylvia and Ruby are 19)

Narrated by Bianca Moretti

I don’t know how Gabriel manages to do so much writing and still maintain a 4.0 GPA, but here we are.

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Middle of the day

Round 37: April 2045 (Autumn)

Moretti 2 household profile

Evan Moretti is 56, Ione is 49 and Francesca is 11. 
(Asha is 48, Josh and Elspeth are 31, Louisa is 25, Justin and Xavier are 24, Brendan is 22, Aurora and Bianca are 19 and Gabriel is 18)

Narrated by Ione Moretti

The house is so quiet with just one kid, versus five or even just three. 

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Sway

Round 37: March 2045 (Autumn)

Matthew and Simon Lane are 20, Aurora and Bianca Moretti are 19 and Gabriel Nott is 18. 

(Brendan is 22, Georgina and Annabel are 21 and Ramona is 18)

Narrated by Gabriel Nott

My sisters Georgina and Annabel moved into their own place on campus at around the same time I arrived.

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Standing on my own again

Round 36: March 2044 (Autumn)

last update/Sylvia's last update
next update/Caitlin's next update/Annabel and Georgina's next update

Caitlin Romilly is 21, Georgina and Annabel Nott are 20 and Sylvia Draper and Alice Jacobson are 18. 
(Eddie is 24, Brendan is 21, Simon and Matthew are 19, Aurora and Bianca are 18)

Narrated by Caitlin Romilly

It’s my final year here and I’m starting to think about where I’m actually going to live once I graduate. 

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All the way down

Round 36: March 2044 (Autumn)

Aurora and Bianca's last update/last update/next update/Brendan's next update

Brendan Lachance is 21, Matthew and Simon Lane are 19 and Aurora and Bianca Moretti are 18. 
(Alice is 18 and Gabriel is 17)

Narrated by Aurora Moretti

Moving into the dorms together has meant Bianca and I are now sharing a room again. It’s been several years since we’ve done that, so that’s been different.

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You say it's your birthday, January 2044

Round 36: January 2044 (Summer)

Rebecca is due to hit Week 40 in February but as is often the case with twins, the Collins babies had other ideas. At 37 weeks, Rebecca and her husband Nathan head to the hospital, because those babies are ready!

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I'm amazed

Round 36: November 2043 (Spring)

last update/Aurora and Bianca's next update/next update

Moretti 2 household profile

Evan Moretti is 54, Ione is 47, Aurora and Bianca are 17 and Francesca is 9. 

(Olivia is 46, Justin and Xavier are 22)

Narrated by Bianca Moretti.

We’ve been pestering Mum and Dad for a pet for just about forever and they finally relent, just when Aurora and I are headed off to college.

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Deep talk in the shallow end

Round 35: August 2041 (Winter)

last update/next update

Moretti 2 household profile

Evan Moretti is 52, Ione is 45, Aurora and Bianca are 15 and Francesca is 7.
(Matthew is 16 and Gabriel is 14)

Narrated by Aurora Moretti

Francesca has become quite the budding scientist. She got an ant farm for her birthday in February and she is still obsessed with it.

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Lot tour: Evan and Ione's house

I've been sick for the past week and a half, so I haven't had the time or energy to get a story update ready this week. So instead, I'm putting up a lot tour!

This is Evan and Ione's new house. I haven't done anything to the garden yet, so don't mind all the sparseness when you see the layout!

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Banquet

Round 35: May 2041 (Autumn)

last update/Annabel and Georgina's next update/next update

Nott 1 household profile

Gordon Nott is 45, Lia is 44, Georgina and Annabel are 17, Gabriel is 14 and Peter is 4.

(Ione is 45, Brendan is 18, Simon is 16 and Bianca is 15)

Narrated by Lia Nott

Gabriel is still dating Bianca, which Gordon and I are allowing. Allowing very cautiously in my case.

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Roads

Round 34: December 2040 (Summer)

last update/next update
Nott 1 household profile

Gordon Nott is 44, Lia is 43, Georgina and Annabel are 16, Gabriel is 13 and Peter is 3.
(Brendan is 17, Bianca is 14, Ramona is 13, Willow is 5, River is 3 and Wren is 10 months old)

Narrated by Annabel Nott

Georgina, Gabriel and I have been off school for our Christmas break and it’s pretty awesome.

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In this world

Round 34: November 2040 (Spring)

last update/next update

Steve Nihill is 45, Olivia is 43, Ramona is 13, Jacinta is 10 and Theo is 5. 

(Bianca is 14, Ruby and Gabriel are 13, Charlotte is 11 and Grace is 10)

Narrated by Olivia Nihill

Steve and I finally admitted to ourselves that we’d outgrown our old house and moved to this new place, not very far from where we used to live.

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Teenage riot, July 2039

Round 34: July 2039 (Winter)

Principal: Kendal Draper is 63.
Teachers: Julia Gray is 28 and Veronica Moretti is 22.
Students: Brendan Lachance and Caitlin Romilly are 16, Annabel and Georgina Nott are 15, Matthew and Simon Lane are 14, Sylvia Draper, Alice Jacobson and Aurora and Bianca Moretti are 13 and Ramona Nihill, Ruby Lane and Gabriel Nott are 12.

Narrated by Caitlin Romilly

I’m in Grade 11 this year and I’ve promised Dad that I will really knuckle down and work hard. I still don’t know what I want to do when I’m older but I know I’ll have more options available if I go to college.

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Refugee

Round 34: January 2039 (Summer)

last update/next update

Evan Moretti is 50, Ione is 43, Aurora and Bianca are 13 and Francesca is 5.
(Olivia and Lia are 42, Justin and Xavier are 18, Matthew is 14, Ramona is 12 and Catherine is 5)

Narrated by Ione Moretti

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You say it's your birthday, January 2038

Round 33: January 2038 (Summer)

Adrienne didn’t do any partying to ring in the new year, which was probably a good move. Her water breaks on New Year’s morning and she and Amar rush to the hospital.

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Dangerous type

Round 33: October 2037 (Spring)

last update/next update/Justin and Xavier's next update

Evan Moretti is 48, Ione is 41, Justin and Xavier are 16, Aurora and Bianca are 11 and Francesca is 3.

(Finn is 36 and Louisa is 17)

Narrated by Justin Moretti

The topic of college came up over dinner the other night and apparently, Aurora can’t wait for me and Xavier to get out of the house.

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Mind games

Round 32: July 2035 (Winter)

last update/next update

Evan Moretti is 46, Ione is 39, Justin and Xavier are both 14, Aurora and Bianca are both 9 and Francesca is 1.
(Caleb is 53, Araminta is 72, Lia is 38, Eddie and Louisa are both 15 and Lauren is 14)

Narrated by Xavier Moretti

Last year, we got a new little sister, Francesca. Her arrival meant making a few changes around here.

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All at once

Round 31: May 2033 (Autumn)

last update/next update

Evan Moretti is 44, Ione is 37, Justin and Xavier are both 12 and Aurora and Bianca are both 7.
(David is 51, Josie is 31 and Lauren is 12)

Narrated by Ione Moretti

Xavier came home from school recently and asked Evan if he could ask Lauren Carmody out on a date.

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Pocketful of money

Round 30: December 2031 (Summer)

last update/next update

Evan Moretti is 42, Ione is 35, Justin and Xavier are both 10 and Aurora and Bianca are both 5.
(Araminta is 68, Caleb is 49, Finn and Victoria are both 30, Elspeth is 17 and Caitlin is 8)

Narrated by Ione Moretti

I've really been missing Dad, especially in these last few weeks, with the lead-up to Christmas. This will be our first Christmas without Dad, so I'm going to try my best to make it a merry one though it'll be hard.

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