We’re up early the following day to begin our brief road trip to Ciudad Enamorada, only an hour or two away. We leave San Sequoia and pass through Del Sol Valley and a small part of Oasis Springs with Tambara sleeping the entire time. When we arrive in the city, our first task is the…
Now that the unpleasantness is out of the way, it’s time to talk about the trip. Wade: I secured everything for our trip. Maia: Did you? Wade: Yeah, I was thinking we’d go to Ciudad Enamorada. We can leave tomorrow since it’s only a few hours away. Maia: I know…it’s just across the border. Maia…
Maia wakes up before Dub for the first time in a while. She’s having one of those ‘off’ mornings where something doesn’t feel right, but she can’t pinpoint what it is. She also realizes that it could be nothing at all—just one of the many side effects of her mood disorder. Maia knows that the…
Tambara finally joins me in the living room to play, but it seems she likes the rough and tumble stuff. I lift her and swing her around. She rewards me with all her cute little giggles and smiles. A call from Ma interrupts our playtime. Maybe I’m paranoid, but my heart sinks when I see…
I finally discover the best time to work on my SimTube channel, and that’s when everyone else is asleep—or at least in bed. I finish editing and uploading my video with no interruptions. Then I walk around the house doing what my dad always did when we were growing up: locking all the doors and…
Several hours later, I bring home a little girl who is equal parts sleepy and angry. Tambara can barely keep her eyes open as I carry her through the front door, but that doesn’t stop her from being upset about leaving the splash park. My shoulder is wet from her tears, but the crying stops…
A strange noise startles me out of my sleep and my first instinct is to protect my family. But how do I do that when I’m terrified myself? I look over at Maia, who hasn’t even stirred, before climbing out of bed. I pause for a moment to see if I hear anything else. Where’s…
Maia places the birthday girl in her high chair to enjoy her first piece of birthday cake. Tami stares at it as if the cake is part of some trick. She eventually grabs a handful, examines it as it squishes between her fingers, and finally places it in her mouth. It’s love at first bite,…
The plan was to host Tambara’s birthday party outside in the backyard, so I go outside to clean the grill. But the rain persists, so we have no choice but to celebrate inside instead. Maia changes Tami for her party, then starts making a birthday cake. Clyde is the first guest to arrive. I keep…
After several unsuccessful trips back to the cavern in Oasis Springs, Dwight decides to create his own luck by investing his time into growing and nurturing the crystal trees in his jewelry store’s garden. It soon pays off! He now has the Plumbite gem to begin crafting the engagement ring for Wade. Dwight decides to…
