Chapter 19 -- The Third 10 Points and Free Day
The Watcher told me I should take advantage of the nice weather to go outside and do yoga. Since we always have nice weather in Windenburg, I thought this was strange, but she said it was very cold where she was, and seeing someone in the sun would cheer her up a bit.
Here are my three space princesses setting off for school.
I'm not sure what they were all talking about here, but I took the picture anyway. I think it's the only time when I've seen all four of the children together.
I think one of the girls must have broken the dollhouse because we had a third visit from the gremlins (a Sim has to sleep some time), and they left the dollhouse alone. Dewayne was very upset. He and Talon both have the childish trait and still enjoy playing with the dollhouse occasionally. It's really pretty easy to fix.
Bjorn came home from school with an A, so I told him I'd write a note for him to stay home from school the next day. Katlin overheard me, and I promised I'd do the same for her and her sisters when they got As.
Bjorn had hoped to have the rocket ship to himself, but Norah had the sniffles so she stayed home, too. "I can't blast off into space while you're hanging on outside," I heard her complain to Bjorn. "Then go do something else," he told her. She stomped off, luckily not in the direction of the dollhouse.
I came home from work to find a text message from Alicia on my phone. "Almost Dad's time," it said. I went over to the house and chatted with her while we waited for Dad to get home from the lab.
"Why don't you come over to my place?" I asked. "See your grandchildren, maybe shoot some hoops."
"I'd like that," said Dad, "but I need to get some sleep first. I'm really tired."
I picked up a book and went upstairs to read. Dad was sound asleep, but Alicia was still up. "I'm going to miss him so much," she sobbed, as I gave her a hug. "It'll be okay," I said. "You can always come over to our place." Belatedly I remembered that she had become a kleptomaniac since I'd moved out. Still, the offer held.
When Dad woke up, I took him home with me. I had to go to work, but he promised to stick around until I came back. "I'm not quite ready for the Grim Reaper yet," he said. "There's still a couple of things I've got to do first."
One of the things was destroying the dollhouse.
And the other was a final dance.
He practiced a little on the llama game, and then it was time. Everyone was either at school or work, except for Dewayne, who was downstairs sleeping, so Dad was alone. I guess that's the way he wanted it.
"You had a pretty good life," said Grim. "Kept your dynasty going and managed to get pregnant the one time you were abducted by aliens. Ten good friends, too -- that's probably a record for a loner."
I took his tombstone over to the family plot, which is beginning to fill up.
While I was at the museum, I visited my collection of carved pumpkins. I'm afraid kitschy is the only word for it. But I think the portraits will stand the test of time.
Back at home, I found that Bjorn was on the verge of becoming a teenager. His Uncle Dewayne made the cake for him.
He looks more like me than like his mother, but I'm relieved he didn't inherit his uncles' build. Still, there's a good chance he'll put on weight -- he's a glutton now as well as a loner, and his aspiration is to be a Master Chef.
He's learned how to cook already, and also how to repair toilets. This wasn't the work of gremlins, just the result of having 8 Sims in a house with two bathrooms.
I was so preoccupied with Dad and Bjorn that I completely forgot about my own birthday. I'm a full-fledged adult now.
I'm a little embarrassed to say that I provided only 3 of my 10 points this time -- one for writing, one for becoming good friends with Alicia, and one for gaining another 1000 Satisfaction points. Talon's, Dewayne's, and Harper's promotions, along with Bs for the triplets and Bjorn's A accounted for the other 7.
