I apologize in advance for any spelling errors. For some reason spell checker is not working right now. Grr!!!
We last left off with Doug and Marina starting to raise a family together. They have two sons, Vince and Rudy and one daughter, Jane. Marina isn't ready to get a job just yet though. She wants to be there for her children while they are young. Doug has quit his job as a cult leader and is now a school teacher.
Journal Entry - The Simple Pleasures of Life
Although, I dream of becoming a Rock Goddess some day I am rather enjoying the everyday routine of a typical stay at home mom. I do most of the cooking and cleaning. However, I do leave a few things for my husband to help with.
I have very little interest in potty training any of our children. If you'll recall Doug taught Vince how to go and now he's teaching Rudy. Doug was suppose to take out the garbage too but our little neat freak, Vince got to it first. I have a feeling all our kids might end up a bit like that though. Doug and I don't like anything messy.
Doug is so good with our children. Whenever I'm in the middle of something and one of our children start crying Doug is right there to comfort them. I'm so lucky to have him.
One day I saw a neighbor walking by with a simple raincoat on in the freezing cold outdoors. I knew clothing was scarce in our neighborhood for awhile but Doug's brother Seth fixed that. I couldn't understand why she wasn't more bundled up. 
I invited the odd and extremely cold woman inside to warm up a bit. She was so glad she finally had some where to warm up. She said she'd been wandering outside for days in the cold. I couldn't help but shake my head.
It was Rudy's birthday so I asked my new friend, Darby to stay and help us celebrate. She eagerly accepted the invitation. As I held Rudy in my arms to help him blow out his candles I wished all the best for him.
Even I must admit Rudy doesn't have the best looking features but one can always hope he'll out grow them as he gets older. 
Rudy was very excited Darby had been there for his birthday. The two became quick friends and talked about all the birthday's Rudy still had to look forward to.
To help keep the party going Doug let Vince dancing on his toes. Of course, Rudy was instantly jealous and wanted to dance on my toes. He certainly weighs a bit more now then when he was a toddler. Ouch! My poor toes.
After nearly three hours Darby thawed out. I don't think she could have been more excited. I've never seen anyone smile that wide before.
Just before she left, Darby went and played with Jane a little. For a moment I was afraid she might leave with her in her arms but eventually she put my baby girl down and said good night to us.
The next several months past quickly as I found myself back in the normal day to day routines of cooking and cleaning. After they finished their homework and ate dinner with us, Vince and Rudy would study all sorts of subjects on the couch together. As much as I wanted my kids to enjoy their childhood, I realized our neighborhood's not back to normal yet and its up to my kids to make it better so studying from an early age is necessary.
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Journal Entry - The Unforseen and Unknown
A week that started off as a way to celebrate quickly turned fatal. Birthday's had always been a cause for celebration in our house so Jane's transistion from a baby to a toddler was no execption. The family gathered around to help cheer Jane into toddlerhood.
We were all surprised by how much hair she had. Doug and I still recall how little hair our sons had as toddlers.
Everything went wrong though a couple nights after her birthday. I was upstairs getting ready for bed when Jane started crying. I tried to calm her down but nothing was working. I thought maybe she was hungry so I picked her up to bring her downstairs to the fridge. Something went wrong though and the elevator went slamming down to the next floor.
I stumbled out of the elevator trying to regain my balance. I was so afraid I might drop Jane, but luckily that didn't happen. I got Jane her bottle and started trying to fix the elevator.
That didn't turn out so well. I got a serious shock when trying to put two wires together and was afraid to go anywhere near the elevator after that. As I washed up I left Jane to play with Mr. Wobbly Head.
With the elevator broken I had no way of getting upstairs to my bed so I decided I'd watch some tv, but like everything else that night it malfunctioned. I tried to repair it but another, even nastier shock.
I could feel surges of electricity shooting through my body. As I crumbled to the ground I screamed out for Doug. I knew the feeling I was having wasn't a good one. The last thing I remember was looking over at my baby girl and worrying she might be traumatized the rest of her life by seeing me like this.
Doug had heard my screams and tried to rush down to my side. However, before he could the grim reaper claimed my body.
By the time Doug made it downstairs he found Jane all alone. He picked her up and held her tight. He wasn't sure how much of what just happened she understood but he wanted to protect her.
Doug wasn't able to get to me in time because the elevator was still broken and he had been upstairs. He fixed the piece of crap as fast as he could but it was too late for me by then.
By the time he finally made it downstairs all that was left of me was an urn. He was horrified to find Jane still playing with Mr. Wobbly Head as though nothing had happened. After trying to comfort Jane he took her upstairs to her crib.
For awhile he had stood over Jane's crib watching her sleep but then he got an idea. He had worked as a cult leader for several years and after one particular successful job he had received this bone phone. The person who gave it to him said it could help raise dead people from their grave.
Doug picked up the phone and a voice asked what he wanted. He explained his wife was just electrocuted to death but that he needed her back. The voice asked how much he was willing to pay for my life back. Doug agreed the voice could have how ever much money they wanted. After providing the voice with our bank account numbers and waiting for the money to transfer over a cloud of green smoke floated up from the floor just steps away from Doug. Doug didn't know what to expect but he put the phone down and waited to see what would happened.
After the green smoke faded away I stood there smelling like smoke again for the second time that evening not truly realizing what had happened. Doug embraced me like he'd never see me again. It wasn't until a few minutes later after Doug finished explaining what happened that I realized he was afraid I might not truly be standing there next to him. I tried to reassure him I was really there and not going anywhere. He hugged me tightly again before I insisted on taking a shower and getting out of my smokey clothing.
When I emerged from the bathroom I found Doug had brought Jane downstairs to see me. It was then I remembered that Jane had been playing with her toy when I was electrocuted. I picked her up and held her close for several hours before finally putting her back in bed.
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Journal Entry - Preparing My Family for My Pending Career
I truly worry about how the kids will manage when I get a job. The time is quickly approaching when they'll have to take care of themselves for several hours at a time. Just when I think it's time for me to find my dream job something happens to change my mind. Just the other day I actually think I caught Rudy sleeping standing up. When I called his name he just pretended he'd been standing there but I know better.
I've actually caught Doug sleeping standing up in that exact same spot before. I don't understand how either one of them can do that. Aren't they uncomfortable? Their bed isn't that far away...
Luckily, Jane doesn't appear to be too traumatized by my sudden death and ressurection. Doug and I agreed not to tell the boys anything about what happened. Jane was barely old enough to understand it so she won't be telling them anything and we just figured it was better to spare them the extra grief. All that matters is that I'm safe and sound now.
Although, I do most of the cooking at the moment Doug is an excellent chef and wouldn't mind helping out with it when I start working. The only other thing to consider when I start work is who will keep things clean but that's hardly a concern since we're all neat freaks in our own right.
Even when I give the boys free time to have fun, 9 times out of 10, I'll find Vince punching and kicking the punching bag we have. I suppose he thinks it's fun but I wonder if that'll change when he gets older. Rudy, on the otherhand, knows how to let loose. He'll be an excellent dancer someday.
With the celebration of my oldest child becoming a teen it became even more apparent to me that it was finally time to find that job I've been holding off on for so long. It's too bad Doug had to work and miss Vince's party but Rudy and I made sure to keep the mood light.
Vince grew up into a striking young man. He has all the best features of Doug and I. We were a little surprised to learn his lifetime want is to have 50 first dates. We had hoped he'd follow in our footsteps and want to learn all there is in the world to know. I suppose all that matters though is he's healthy.
It hardly took me any time at all to find a job as a Piano Tuner. As I walked out to catch the car pool I waved good bye to Vince who to my surprise was even more into using the punching bag then he had been as a kid.
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Journal Entry - Things Don't Always Work Out
Vince has really come through as a good older brother to Jane. Now, that he's big enough to pick Jane up without Doug's or my help he's putting her in her crib when she's tired, taking her downstairs when she wakes up to play with her toys and feeding her when she's hungry. Potty training was still reserved for Doug though.
However, to everyone's delight the day soon came for Jane to become a kid. That freed up Vince to hang out with kids his own age while giving Rudy a new playmate.
As I stood there watching Jane stuff her face with cake it dawned on me that I was really getting old. It was more important then ever for me to get my career going strong.
I often wonder with all the studying Vince does why he didn't chose a knowledge aspiration. That will always confuse me. I wonder what Rudy will chose. He seems to have an interest in stocks.
I could easily see Jane becoming a popularity sim with all the talking on the phone she does. I don't even know how she knows all these people. The one day the phone rang and it wasn't for her though it was my boss. Apparently, I missed a day of work. I couldn't believe it, but as she was telling me I was fired I knew she was right. It had some how completely slipped my mind. Instead of being reasonable about the mistake she told me she'd make sure I'd never find another job in that line of work. I was devastated! My dream of becoming a Rock Goddess now would never come true.
Doug tried to make me feel better but nothing really worked. After days of sulking I finally snapped out of it. I had to find another job if I was going to help the neighborhood. I looked on-line and took the first job I saw.
I was now a Legal Secretary. I just hoped I wouldn't make the same mistake twice.
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Journal Entry - My Kids Are Growing Up
I thought I was ready for this day but when it happened I was caught off guard. Vince brought a girl home from school. She seemed like a nice girl and I was okay with Vince and her being friends. I knew more might come from their friendship but I hadn't fully wrapped my head around the idea.
When I saw Vince flirting with the girl my heart started racing. I instantly felt uncomfortable. Up until this point I still believed Vince was my little baby but all that disappeared in a second. After I finally caught my breath I asked the girl if she'd like to stay for dinner. Clearly, my baby was growing up.
Vince wasn't the only one getting older. Doug had aged quite a bit recently too. He's always been a fair amount older then me so I wasn't surprised to see him aging before me. I just hope he sticks around for awhile. I'd be so lonely without him.
Poor Rudy. It sounds like great-grandpa Aaroc came out and scared him one evening while he was sleeping. Doug and I let him sleep with us that night. We could certainly understand his fear of Aaroc's ghost. I think everyone in this family has been scared by him at least once.
After what happened to me a few years back Doug and I had been talking about replacing the elevator with stairs for quite some time so we finally did it. As a result we were able to move the kitchen and living room around a little.
Rudy's birthday snuck up on me. Ever since I started working, time seems to be moving even faster.
Unfortunately, Rudy still didn't grow into his face fully. That's not going to stop him from earning $100,000 in his lifetime though. He's fully committed to making lots of money.
After all the hours Vince spent with the punching bag he finally maxed out his body skills. Rudy seems eager to follow in his brother's footsteps. I've been seeing him using more and more frequently lately.
With the kids old enough to take care of themselves Doug and I have a lot more alone time then we use to. I had forgotten what a wonderful dancer he is.
I must admit I'm worried that my job is interfering with being able to parent Jane properly. She has an unhealthy obsession with junk food. I need to make more of a point to cook healthy meals for her. I have a feeling Doug has started slacking on them.
My current career path is going better then the last one did. After only a few short weeks I was promoted to Paralegal. Hopefully, I can keep moving up the ladder at a steady pace.
End Entry
Well, I hope you enjoyed it! I'm nearly done playing through the next part but then again I've been nearly done with that for months. I can't promise when the next part will be out but I'll try to get it done sooner rather then later.
1 comment:
You got some good shots. The wire transfer made me laugh.
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