In clouds

Round 36: September 2044 (Spring)

Draper 2 household profile

Rose and Joanna Draper are 49 and Levi and Will are 12. 

(Calvin is 41,  Sylvia is 18, Michael is 13 and Ryan is 12)

Narrated by Joanna Draper

Now that Sylvia is away at college, Levi has converted her bedroom to a home gym.

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Static age

Round 36: August 2043 (Winter)

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Draper 1 household profile

Lake Draper is 86 and Kendal is 67. 
(Rose and Joanna are 48, Rob is 42, Patience is 41, Chris is 28,  Veronica is 26, Sylvia is 17, Levi and Will are 11)

Narrated by Lake Draper

Kendal is retired now and I couldn’t be happier about it. 

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Memory lane

Round 35: December 2042 (Summer)

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Gottlieb 1 household profile

Adam Gottlieb is 87, Athena is 82, Amelia is 53, Wade is 52 and Michael is 11. 

(Linnea is 82, Joanna is 47, Sophie is 29, Oliver is 26, Noah is 24, Brigit is 23, Emma is 22 and Levi and Will are 10)

Narrated by Wade Gottlieb

My sister Joanna hates entertaining, so the big Christmas dos have traditionally fallen to us. We've done them just about every year since we got married. 

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My Vien Ilin

Round 35: June 2042 (Winter)

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Draper 2 household profile

Rose and Joanna Draper are 47, Sylvia is 16 and Levi and Will are 10.
(Adam is 87, Athena is 82, Amelia is 53, Wade is 52, Matthew is 17 and Alice is 16)

Narrated by Joanna Draper

Rose and I are so proud of Sylvia. She did her SAS this year and she scored a 65, which entitles her to half-price tuition at Suffolk University.

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Attitude

Round 34: May 2040 (Autumn)

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Rose and Joanna Draper are 45, Sylvia is 14 and Will and Levi are 8.

(Annabel is 16, Matthew and Simon are 15, Aurora and Alice are 14 and Zac is 6)

Narrated by Sylvia Draper

The pottery store is closed at the moment, in preparation to move, so Mum is taking the opportunity to replenish the stock. She wants to make sure there are plenty of pieces to put back on the shelves when she reopens. 

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In the same room

Round 33: January 2038 (Summer)

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Rose and Joanna Draper are 43, Sylvia is 12 and Levi and Will are 6.
(Adam is 83, Lake is 81, Athena is 78, Wade is 48, Simon is 13 and Alice is 12)

Narrated by Joanna Draper

I mostly enjoyed my years of teaching but now that I’m working in natural science, I feel much more at home. Teaching is much more social and being sociable has never been a strength of mine.

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Glorious day

Round 33: September 2037 (Spring)

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Lake Draper is 80 and Kendal is 61.
(Rose and Joanna are both 42, Patience is 35, Chris is 22, Sylvia is 11 and Patrick is 10 months old)

Narrated by Lake Draper

Chris is almost halfway through his Master’s degree in architecture and he’s finding it quite tough.

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Airbag

Round 32: October 2036 (Spring)

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Rose and Joanna Draper are both 41, Sylvia is 10 and Will and Levi are both 4.
(Amelia is 47, Wade is 46, Patience is 34 and Alice is 10)

Narrated by Rose Draper

Patience is due in just a couple of weeks now and I’m so excited for her and Rob.

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Nighttime

Round 31: June 2034 (Winter)

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Rose and Joanna Draper are both 39, Sylvia is 8 and Will and Levi are both 2.
(Wade is 44, Emma is 14, Michael is 3 and Felicity is 11 months old)

Narrated by Joanna Draper

We moved into this house a few months before Will and Levi were born and it was just in time. We could have made it work in our old place, seeing the spare bedroom was definitely big enough for two cribs but it's better here.

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You say it's your birthday, December 2032

Round 30: December 2032 (Summer)

Joanna and Rose Draper are both 37.

I've been so excited about the twins' arrival but walking into the hospital, Joanna and I were both a little nervous about it. Giving birth and newborn babies are completely new experiences to us.

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You say it's your birthday, June 2032

After several failed attempts at artificial insemination, Rose and Joanna are finally adding to their family!

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When it began

Round 30: March 2032 (Autumn)

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Rose and Joanna Draper are both 37 and Sylvia is 6.
(Lake is 75, Kendal is 56, Amelia is 43, Wade is 42, Rob is 31, Patience and Josie are both 30, Troy is 29 and Michael is 4 months old)

Narrated by Joanna Draper

Rose and I started our first artificial insemination cycle in May two years ago and at the time, we were cautiously optimistic.

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Teenage riot, February 2031

Round 30: February 2031 (Summer)

Principal Kendal Draper is 55; Joanna Draper is 36 and Julia Gray is 20.
Students: Elspeth Romilly and Josh Royce-Nihill are both 17, Chris Draper, Lucy Gray and Edward Lachance are all 16, Oliver and Sebastian Gentry are both 15, Anthony and Veronica Moretti are both 14, Adelaide Sitko and Noah Gottlieb are both 13 and Mitchell Carmody is 12.

This morning, Kendal's first duty is to brief Julia Gray on what will be required of her as a student teacher. It's only her first day so she will mostly be observing. Julia will be working with the older kids, in Joanna's classroom.

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Locked out

Round 30: February 2031 (Summer)

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Lake Draper is 74, Kendal is 55 and Chris is 16.
(Elspeth is 17)

Narrated by Chris Draper

Either I'm a little dim, or Elspeth is totally inscrutable.

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What you wish for

Round 29: April 2030 (Autumn)
Amelia Gottlieb is 41 and Wade is 40.

When Joanna and Rose told us they were going to try artificial insemination and wanted Wade to be the donor, I was caught off guard.

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The good in everyone

Round 29: January 2030

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Rose and Joanna Draper are both 35 and Sylvia is 4.
(Abigail is 47, Amelia is 41 and Wade is 40)

Narrated by Rose Draper

Before Sylvia started pre-school, I thought it would be a good idea to talk to her about it, just so she knew what she'd be in for. I thought she'd be so excited but her reaction was a little underwhelming.

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Once around the block

Round 29: October 2029 (Spring)

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Evan Moretti is 40, Ione is 33, Justin and Xavier are both 8 and Aurora and Bianca are both 3.

Narrated by Evan Moretti

We're finally out of debt! We can't quite believe it, because it really feels like we've been struggling forever.

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Teenage riot, February 2029

Round 29: February 2029 (Summer)

Principal Kendal Draper is 53, Joanna Draper is 34.
Students: Audrey Lachance and Jack and Charlie Benton are all 17, Camilla and Lila Sitko, Connor Novak and Sophie Gottlieb are all 16, Josh Royce-Nihill and Elspeth Romilly are both 15, Edward Lachance, Chris Draper and Lucy Gray are all 14, Oliver and Sebastian Gentry are both 13 and Anthony and Veronica Moretti are both 12.

Kendal Draper has been appointed as the new principal of Sullivan High, after the death of previous principal Betsy Carmody. She's up with the sun this morning, trying to stay positive about her first day. She's nervous about taking on the job. On top of regular teaching duties, she will now have to deal with administrative work, calling and meeting with parents and dealing with discipline problems that might arise.

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Split needles

Round 28: Spring 2028

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Rose and Joanna Draper are both 33 and Sylvia is 2.
(Adam is 73, Lake is 71, Athena is 68, Rob is 27, Patience is 26 and Adrienne is 21)

Narrated by Joanna Draper

Rose's sister Patience recently moved in with her boyfriend Rob and they invited us over for dinner one night not long afterwards.

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Heaven tonight

Round 28: Summer 2027

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Lake Draper is 70, Kendal is 51 and Chris is 12.
(Joanna and Rose are both 32, Josie is 25, Troy is 24 and Sylvia is 1)

Narrated by Kendal Draper

It's been so hot lately and I've been really thankful for the pool! We've been here a few years now but this is the first summer where I've felt hot enough to want to use it. I'm not normally much of a swimmer.

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