Round Nine - University - Part 1: You Don't Have To Follow

Maya Darwin and her friends Liliana King and Ashlee Rodiek have headed off to S.S.U. in search of fun. Will university life live up to their expectations?


(This round ended up being so long and drama-filled that I've had to split it into two parts!)

Round Nine - Darwin 2 - Left Alone

...oh god. This is tragic. Blogger ate this ENTIRE POST and the pictures along with it - I've got extremely limited space on the Sim-playing-PC so in my idiocy I decided to delete already uploaded photos and the ones for this entry all went missing. So, in summary:

• Gabriel kept hitting on Maya's friends
• Sam came round to visit a lot, while Tom never bothered to call
• Adele reached elderhood but didn't retire, as Maya went off to university and she needed something to occupy her time
• Adele has taken to stargazing wearing her night-dress.

Round Nine - King 2 - When Everything & Nothing Changes

Alima and Duncan King are approaching elderhood while their son Gabriel is getting into the swing of things as a teen.

"Oooh! That's the spot!" Alima's years were beginning to catch up with her, but Duncan was always there and willing to smooth out the aches and pains in her back.

Round Nine - Bachman/Darwin - Lucky Break

Tom Darwin and Allyn Bachman didn't mean to become parents, but it just kind of... happened and now they've got a bouncing baby boy, Drake. Can two life-long slackers cope with raising a child, and how will they cope with everything that's been going on with Tom's dad?

Tom still couldn't believe he was actually a father - or that his son was younger than his half-brother. Weird stuff. But Drake was a cute enough kid and Tom kind of liked carrying him around on his hip sometimes.

Round Nine - King - Anger Management

Things have been going well for the Kings, despite their crowded living situation. Unfortunately, patriarch Adrian appears to have finally gone off the deep end.

Athena King is no great scholar, but with her family's encouragement she's got her first ever A+ on her report card. She crows about it for days!

Round Nine - Darwin - Everything You Ever

Sam Darwin and his fiancée Miranda King have returned to the Darwin family home, where Sam's father Harvey and his girlfriend Esther Pasang are awaiting their own first child.

Even though the atmosphere in the Darwin household was distinctly awkward, Miranda was doing her best to fit in. Sam helped, of course. For example, one morning Harvey completely blanked Miranda in his search for breakfast after pulling an all-nighter painting. Miranda felt like she was going to cry, but Sam came to her rescue.

"Hey, did you know that Winston Churchill's pet parrot lived for 104 years?"

"No, I didn't." She smiled. Sure, their distractions were kind of banal, but they kept them grounded.

Round Nine - Bhalli - Entirely Stable

The Bhallis are a family of four now - Jace and Solveig and their daughters Victoria and Caroline.

Victoria "Vikki" Bhalli is many things but an intellectual isn't one of them. Getting her to do her homework is an uphill struggle, she whines when you ask her to do it and might not even finish it. Her parents don't understand. She's far from stupid, so why does she have such a problem with homework? They've sat with her and taught her to study but it doesn't seem to have helped.