So like I said I would, I've been getting Mariana painting in her spare time, as well as practicing yoga in the now prettified Yoga Room. Her Painting Skill is gradually improving, but it's a slow process, and Rudolph's paintings definitely bring in more money.
Speaking of Rudolph and his pictures, here's his childhood drawing in the Dower Room!
However, time has moved on, and it was time to throw Tada a birthday party! In retrospect, this was the start of a huge mess that really needs not to happen again. I invited Johanna to get the ball rolling, and I kind of feel that I need to fix it, as I will show below.
So our first warning sign was that as soon as she got there, Johanna changed into her athletic outfit and stole our yoga mat.
Vino set about making the cake, and actually had to make it twice because he immediately took a piece of the first one as soon as he took it out of the oven. This is what we will call Sign Number Two.
But still, blind to these omens, I pressed on ahead, sure that everything would go swimmingly, and soon enough, Tada was an adult! Yay!
Soon enough, everyone was headed off to work and school, and it was time to send Tada off to our traditional romantic haunt, the library. We then spotted this lovely young lady...
While initially we were flirting happily, the end result was this - an awkward encounter where we were steadily losing green and pink in the social bars. Time for us to move on - and swiftly, before Kelsey here throws a book at us!
So it was back to Plan J - Johanna. Everything again initially went well, with even hand holding going on, but ultimately, it crashed and burned, with Embarrassment on both sides. Eventually, as I'd been trying for ages to fix things so that Tada would be romantically attached and out of the house, and it was late AND I was going a bit nuts, I just spammed Friendly interactions until we could Ask to Move In.
And that was that, Tada was gone.
But it didn't feel right.
So in conclusion, after an entire bus journey of my mother guilt-tripping me about sending Tada to 'live on a farm in Kansas', because of the whole thing of the Falks (Johanna's family) not living in world, I've resolved to make sure this train wreck won't happen with Vino. Instead, I'll be moving in any potential spouse in with us after romantic success only.
I'm still kind of worn out by both the cold and this huge...mess.
Mariana, however, is having a happy time! She has a lovely outfit for work, and went off with a smile on her face instead of being tired.
And thanks to the Vintage Stuff Pack, we can now watch black and white television, so she and Rudolph were settling down and watching that, which was pretty sweet.
However, with Tada gone, I sold the bed and repurposed his bedroom into a study, and placed the old bookcase into our inventory to be used for a future child's bedroom. Our new bookcase is much neater looking, and our new wallpaper - instead of the Vocaloid wallpaper - is a little more elegant. It feels more as though he is gone, though...
And our final photo for today...
With the bookcase gone, I wanted something in the main bedroom. As Issac will need a lot of money for what he wants (a musical instrument), I got...
A vanity table for Mariana!
It looks more purple here, but believe me, that's a nice blue there, with a matching chair for her to sit at. I'm so happy that we have this!
And with that classy touch, that's the end of today's episode!
Lilypad, out!
- lilypadmeulin
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