Eureka's a pretty stupid name, huh? It means, "I have found it!" and sometimes I wonder if my corny mother shouted it out the day I was born and somehow it legally became my name. I love Eden, but it wouldn't surprise me if suddenly having a baby was a total surprise to her. Anyway, I'm Eureka. Please don't call me Kiki.
This boy at school did and I had to shove him down before it stuck. I apologized after and just explained that you gotta nip that kind of thing in the bud. He understood. His name is Humberto and he's not a potential dynasty spouse. This other boy Dom is, but he's too cool to notice me. I spend a lot of time in my room building my own toys, because the ones Eden picked out don't do anything but lay there like boring plastic.
A few days ago, I was on my way to work, and I passed by Freddie. He's my dad. He looked weird and different, but kind of happy about it.
"You look awful," I said. "What happened?"
He said, "I got old, kiddo. Circle of life."
"How come your hair's not white?"
"You want me to pretend it's genes or tell you the truth?"
"For shame, Freddie. I hope it was organic dye!" Eden yelled from the garden. Here's his close up as an old man:
He's decided he likes argyle. This is his formal wear now:
Anyway, I got to thinkin' about dye. There are pretty endless possibilities there, right? I mean, I know I'm just a kid and Eden would strangle me, and if not her, then Granny or Eunice, but I think I'd look pretty great with some blue or pink dye in my hair, don't you? I thought about it a lot while I was digging through the junkyard instead of at ballet.
I saw the box dye stuff at the grocery store, but that looked like you needed another person. I figured the smartest way would be to rig it up in the shower head and let it do its thing. Unfortunately, my favorite immortal of them all ended up using the shower before I could finish my experiment.
Man, she knew right away it was me. "Eureka!" she called. "Get your eccentric little rear in this bathroom right this second!"
I tried to explain to her about the dye idea, but she was pretty mad that I'd given her pink hair. Apparently I broke the shower in the process. Woops. She told me I'm not allowed to dye my hair at all until I'm a young adult! Then she grounded me!
Man, life is unfair sometimes. I really hate giving in to the man. I did some chores and then begged her not to tell Eden or Granny or Eunice what had happened, and she said okay, as long as I don't go near the dye again until I'm grown. I got a negative moodlet for selling out, but at least I'm in the clear.
I gave the shower piping a little bit of a loosening as punishment. Sure, it's an inanimate object, but it betrayed me!
Mona Lisa forgave me though. She didn't even suspect it was me that broke the shower as revenge. We do my homework together if Freddie is out with Moonglow. Mona Lisa is the coolest. I heard a rumor that she left a guy at the altar and then later moved him into the house! I need more on that story.
"Eureka, darling, you are related to both the man I left at the altar and the one I left him for."
"How's that then?"
"Long story, dear. Oh, look, your mother is aging up."
After rigorous finger crossing and possibly a cash bet, I was relieved to find out that Eunice did not suffer from Eden's midlife crisis panic attack. Eunice has a good head on her shoulders. She's already at level 8 of the architect career.
She had a really awkward assignment that day, actually. She had been hired to create a room for newly weds, but when she got there the client ... well ... see for yourself.
She handled it like a champ, I hear.
Anyway, it's my birthday! Can't believe I didn't mention that. Eden, though usually totally oblivious to the general functions of the world, threw me a surprise party! While I was on my way home from school, a bunch of kids were gathering at the house, some of them already teens (like that boy Dom I mentioned. That's him with the kickin' cornrows), and some are still kids, like that idiot who called me Kiki (he's in the buckskin). The girl with the mohawk is really cool too. Sometimes she's in my field trip groups.
I was really surprised and happy. Good job, Eden! You really are a good mom, even if you're only sort of there upstairs.
Can't fault her enthusiasm either. She really is proud of me!
It was probably one of the funnest days of my life so far! I couldn't keep the smile off my face.
The sparkles did their thing ...
And I aged up a bit of a disaster.
I immediately hid the cake in my inventory before my traits rolled so no one could eat it without me. I became a night owl and hiked to the mirror and dresser at lightning speed so I could change before cake time. Anyway, I promised no dye to Mona Lisa, but she didn't say anything about make up.
I didn't go too crazy anyway, right? Here's my every day wear:
Formal:
Swim:
Sleep:
And cold weather:
A lot of the guests took off before I finished doing my thing, but the other immortals stuck around to share cake with me before bed. Granny retired early, but while I sat there joking around with the rest of the immortals, I realized that I had a long life ahead of me with these ladies. I wonder how long they're going to be in charge of me ...
