Uni kids (B), March 2047

March 2047 (Autumn)

Sylvia Draper and Alice Jacobson are 21 and Ramona Nihill, Ruby Lane and Jon Clark are 20. 

(Simon is 22)

Alice and Sylvia have just begun their final year of university. 

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Bring it on down

Round 37: August 2046 (Winter)

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Steve Nihill is 51, Olivia is 49, Jacinta is 16 and Theo is 11. 

(Ramona and Jon are 19, Grace is 16, Thomas is 15 and Andrew is 10)

Narrated by Jacinta Nihill

At the beginning of the year, Mum got me a job at her work. Ramona worked there too, when she was in high school. 

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No sunlight

Round 37: March 2046 (Autumn)

Alice Jacobson and Sylvia Draper are 20 and Ramona Nihill and Ruby Lane are 19.
(Simon is 21 and Jon is 19)

Narrated by Sylvia Draper

People were surprised when I got together with Simon. He’s not the kind of guy anyone imagined me getting together with.

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Catch hell blues

Round 37: March 2045 (Autumn)

Sylvia Draper and Alice Jacobson are 19 and Ruby Lane and Ramona Nihill are 18.

(Simon and Matthew are 20)

Narrated by Ramona Nihill

As soon as I found out there was a newspaper here, I decided I had to write for it. So perfect for a journalism major like me! I’ve spent most of my spare time since then putting together some writing samples to submit to them.

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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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You say it's your birthday, January 2045

Round 37: January 2045 (Summer)

Seeing the kids have a few weeks before they go back to school and Ethan has some vacation time saved up, he and Maia have decided to take the family on their first holiday.

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You say it's your birthday, May 2044

Round 36: May 2044 (Autumn)

Steve Nihill has earned two promotions in fairly quick succession and wife Olivia thinks that's a pretty good reason to celebrate!

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The moon

Round 35: November 2042 (Spring)

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Luc Lane is 49, Asha is 45, Ruby is 15, Marcus is 13 and Felix is 11.

Narrated by Ruby Lane

It’s normally Dad who goes away on tour but Mum recently got the opportunity to do the same and she jumped on it.

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Open mind

Round 35: January 2042 (Summer)

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Steve Nihill is 47, Olivia is 45, Ramona is 15, Jacinta is 12 and Theo is 7.
(Ruby is 15, Marcus is 13 and Everett is 12)

Narrated by Ramona Nihill

Jacinta will be attending Sullivan High with me this year and she’s pretty excited about it.

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Roads

Round 34: December 2040 (Summer)

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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)

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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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Lot tour: Steve and Olivia's house

I haven't been doing a lot tour for all of my new houses but seeing I actually built this one, I thought it was definitely warranted!

The next family in the play schedule is the Nihill household, so obviously, they needed a house. I had them living in a lovely downloaded one with all the bedrooms on the basement level. When I moved them in, I thought that wouldn't annoy me but it only took about 30 seconds trying to decorate it for me to realise that it was going to drive me insane! Then I actually went insane and decided to build a house, which I very rarely do.

So here it is.

As is customary when I build houses, the rooms are all way too big. ;) But better too big than too small. Maybe?

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Shaking through

Round 34: July 2040 (Winter)

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Luc Lane is 47, Asha is 44, Ruby is 13, Marcus is 11 and Felix is 9. 

(Ramona is 13)

Narrated by Ruby Lane

Our family got a new member this month, when I adopted a stray cat, who I named Boots.

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Refugee

Round 34: January 2039 (Summer)

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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 2039

Round 34: January 2039 (Summer)

Beau Hamilton is a whole year old this January!

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Margarita

Round 33: July 2038 (Winter)

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Steve Nihill is 43, Olivia is 41, Ramona is 11, Jacinta is 8 and Theo is 3.

(Ruby is 11)

Narrated by Steve Nihill

I’ve always wanted a big family, so I thought I’d find myself wanting another baby as Theo got older.

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Static to the heart

Round 33: May 2038 (Autumn)

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Luc Lane is 45, Asha is 41, Ruby is 11, Marcus is 9 and Felix is 7.
(Ione is 42, Olivia and Lia are both 41 and Ramona is 11)

Narrated by Asha Lane

Now that Luc has been touring for a few years now, we’ve all got used to it and have settled into a routine.

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Tornados

Round 32: February 2036 (Summer)

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Steve Nihill is 41, Olivia is 39, Ramona is 9, Jacinta is 6 and Theo is 6 months.
(Asha is 39, Camilla is 23, Ruby is 9 and Grace is 6)

Narrated by Olivia Nihill

This week, Ramona and Jacinta started back at school after six weeks of summer vacation.

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You say it's your birthday, February 2035

Round 32: February 2035 (Summer)

Olivia Nihill is now in her second trimester and just about everybody knows about the impending new addition. First to learn the happy news were Steve and Olivia's daughters Ramona and Jacinta, who are very excited! Olivia is due in August.

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Black wave

Round 31: November 2034 (Spring)

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Steve Nihill is 39, Olivia is 37, Ramona is 7 and Jacinta is 4.

Narrated by Olivia Nihill

When Mum died, she left me some commercial property that she owned - a gym, to be exact. I have approximately zero interest in owning a gym but held onto it for a while anyway. I didn't want to make any decisions while I was still grieving.

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