No go - I deleted my neighborhood, quit, deleted all of two files that were in my cache, cleared the other two, restarted. It's blank still, and won't update/appear even if I play around with the traits.
Unfortunately, CAS won't let me just create a sim without a lifetime wish - if that were possible , I could just add it using cheats afterwards, I guess? Can you (or anyone else) think of a feasible workaround??
Thanks so much for reading and responding so quickly, by the way!!