I was starting to worry because Carina was already 83 days old and she still didn't qualify to eat Ambrosia. I nearly panicked because one of her steak plants went barren and I didn't know if the others were going to produce in time to give her those last two Outstanding quality steaks for the last opportunity. Then the next morning, there they were. Beautiful Outstanding steaks! As soon as she harvested them, I sent her to complete the opportunity. She came right back home and finished tending the garden. She was still over $4,000 away from reaching level 10 in her Gardening profession. Would the money trees yield enough? Yes! They gave her $11,000 that day. Gardening profession complete! Next she planted the six Omni seeds. Would they have to spout or maybe be full grown plants before that last skill challenge would be complete? No! As soon as she planted the seeds, she got that challenge. Gardening skill SuperMaxed! She took a shower and made her first Ambrosia. Yay Carina!
I decided I couldn't live with that hair on Nectarine, so she got a new hairstyle. She's still not as pretty as Indigo, but she's a nice mix of her parents' features. She's got Carina's hair and eye color, with Christopher's eye shape and mouth.
Nectarine had a wish to propose to Kenny, her high school boyfriend. I had thought about letting her look for someone else with all the new guys who have moved to town, but when she got that specific wish, I decided to let her have it. He said yes. How much do you want to bet that their child gets his nose?
The entire family is currently in Shang Simla at the moment. I bought Jetsetter and Prepared Traveler rewards for all four of them, so the trip cost only about $2,500 and they are staying for 15 days. Nectarine is learning Martial Arts and got to level 2 on her first day. She's going through the adventure series for it, so she gets Visa points for it, too. Indigo is spending the time reading up on Gardening and Handiness for her new job at the Science Center. She's already doing well with Fishing. Christopher will hopefully achieve his Lifetime Wish while in China. He's going to be fishing. Well, he won't actually achieve it because he can't buy fish bowls while living in Base Camp, but maybe he'll catch everything he needs for when he gets back home. Carina's fishing, too, because she's got a wish to master the Fishing skill. They all come back to Base Camp for dinner and to sleep.
Before they left for their trip, I did another major renovation to the house. I added a basement and made both floors of the house much wider/deeper. I also made a nice outdoor entertainment/eating area and gave Indigo a private balcony, mostly because the expansion covered up the only windows in her room. Besides, she has to die, so she deserves a balcony, right? All of the new space is currently empty, but when they get home with some extra money, I'll change some things around. It's not like they're broke (they have about $75,000), but I spent $25,000 on just this renovation and it exhausted me.
