Rei is absolutely adorable! And she and Geralt are so adorable together. I didn't know that about cloning sims and their traits. It'll be interesting to see what other townies have kindly donated their genes for future generations!
I adore the toddler playtable, those two are best friends AND they chat with each other all the time through it... it's so adorable. I have a few ideas in mind with the townies, and I have a few DNA samples lined up, but I'm also very ready to prepare a backup plan if all else fails (turns out, Sam is actually very popular with the townie women, if you catch what I'm saying).
I love that you cloned Cornelia! I think she's very pretty without the makeup she wears. Geralt should be pleased with your choice for him. 
I needed the Goths to hang around a bit longer. It always makes me so sad to see after a few days that Gunther and Cornelia have aged. They have some of the most awesome genes, and Morty barely seemed to get any of them, but they never seem to try for baby before growing older (that is, in files that I use mods in and pre-EA-Story-progression failure). I think Geralt and Rei will be very happy, and hopefully the future generations will have names that
actually go together. If I was doing it right, Rei would've been named Yennefer, but I don't like Yennefer (from the Witcher Series of Books/Games) but Geralt really seemed to like her (though their relationship was toxic... long story short). Next few generations should have complete couples though from fictions/games. At least, unless I panic/forget and name them something else, like I accidently did with Rei.
Sorry for not posting in a while everyone. I've been cycling through my stories (trying to do my Legacy, my Short Dynasty, then my I.D. in that order) while still trying to have fun, then my boyfriend
sabotaged me did the sweetest thing in the world by buying me Tropico 5 before it came out so when it did finally get released (last friday) I was too preoccupied by the grandness of it to even start the Sims. He also
sabotaged me by my own orders helped me download my Sims 2 once again... so the other bits of my time have gone to that. Er.. heh.
Actually, my boyfriend is wonderful. His birthday is tomorrow and I can't wait to surprise him with some small things. Unfortunately, I've been brutally unemployed, so those small things will likely come straight from the heart, but those gifts are better anyways.
Sorry, long rant, no purpose. To the update.
Befriending Sam
Hello everyone,
I hope you can forgive my watcher's short attention span. She bounces from one game to the next to the next. Ah, well as long as she returns home, that's all I can ask for. Geralt is going to be growing up soon, the thought of my baby growing older makes me a little sad, but it's nothing I haven't done before, and I often have to remind myself of that.
He and Rei are best friends, I'm not entirely sure what they babble about, but they always seem to understand each other. That's all a mother could ever ask for.
Leighton has been slowly working his way back into my favor. He's been extremely good with the children and the watcher has learned her lesson about keeping Sims busy at all times or else suffer the consequences.
Finally the day of no return hit me. My birthday.
It just had to hit me later than usual and on the side of the road no less. Ah well, at least I haven't completely lost my beauty.
Just my amazing hair, though at least I can get that back.
Yes, I heard at one point that as you get older you trade your beauty for wisdom. I'm not sure I like that trade, as I feel I'm already plenty wise from my hundreds of years alive doing experiments and challenges involving supernatural beings. Yet, I can't change the rules to this challenge, so wrinkles will be a part of me for a very long time.
Back at home, my babies are sleeping.
The next day caught Sam and the Watcher by surprise. She often keeps Sam too busy after the incident with his father... and well, she'll often forget he has homework to do. So here he is just standing on the side of the road trying to get in those last few math problems before being a little late to school.
Leighton and I have had a bit of a relationship hit from me shunning him for nearly scaring our Watcher away from this challenge, so I've been picking up my end of things in trying to repair that damage. Thankfully, he seems just as in love with me as we met.
I decided he's been doing well, so I finally forgave him.
Rei has finally been teaching herself how to walk. She's very independent, and I think Geralt will have his hands full with her later.
Auntie Agnes wouldn't have it any other way though. She adores the carbon-copy of her sister, which is saying quite a lot for her. She's had plenty of children, especially in the other dimension that she isn't fully aware of, but I think having Rei around has softened her heart a bit from the grouch she used to be. Mary Reaper has asked me specifically to take care of her when I mentioned adding Agnes to the house, so I intend to keep that promise to her.
Sam started to work on Geralt's backup museum pieces.
He's also learning that the Watcher will only take high-quality paintings over the blotchy, spotty ones. No matter how many times she'll have to scrap and redo the painting.
Leighton eventually wanted to teach Sam to drive, but had to stop halfway in to have his birthday.
Sam was a little devastated that he had to wait even longer in order to learn how to drive, on top of that, he came running home to me a little concerned that his dad has gone off the deep end. Sam and I have never been overly close, I never wanted to overstep the bounds of our relationship that I've never been entirely sure of myself. His mother passed away a while ago, and I never wanted to give the impression that I was replacing her or trying to be his mom for him. I'm not sure if that was a good move or not. I figured he just saw me as the woman married to his dad who taught him how to paint and sculpt, so when he came running over calling me mom, I was quite surprised.
He told me his father was going crazy over every wrinkle on his face, and I couldn't help but laugh. I had to calm down my step-son and explain to him that as some people got older, they struggled with the idea of age. His father was simply having a mid-life crisis, and so long as his wrinkles were all he was worried about, then we would be fine. Otherwise I'll be shipping him off to therapy, especially if it comes down to flirting with other women.
He would often do that in good humor, just a downfall that made him, well, him. I refuse to let my husband for a short while do that to me, it would only remind me of all the reasons why I miss him.
Sam and I talked for a little while after, and I started to realize that maybe Sam did need a motherly figure. I apologized for not being there so often when he was younger, and I explained to him why. I didn't want him to feel I was ever trying to replace what he and Leighton have lost.
Just like Leighton would never replace what I've lost, but I didn't tell Sam that.
This heart-to-heart brought us closer together. I even offered to finish teaching him to drive while his father beat away at our new food replicator in order to not think about all the wrinkles that could be possibly growing on his face.
In other news, I finally got to go back to work! I'm so thrilled. It's been far too long and I'm happy to say I got a promotion to level 7 as soon as I got out of work.
I think my heart-to-heart with Sam has brought him closer to the family, as I now often see him doting over the two adorable toddlers in the house.
Things are going very smoothly. We're all starting to relax a bit more in our day-to-day activities, and I think we'll make it. Next time you hear from me, it will be Geralt and Rei's birthday into childhood.
