Sunday Post #469: Already Making Plans

Welcome to The Sunday Post hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer, where I talk about what is going on in life and the blog, and show you all the bookish things I got that week!

What I've been doing:

I miss being in Mexico 😔 Being home is nothing but work and stress, and honestly, I'm over it. Lol. As soon as I finish writing this post, I'm gonna get started on renewing my passport because that's expiring soon. So we got back on the 30th of August, right? Well, my passport expires in exactly ONE week! 😆 So yeah, that needs to happen. Lol. Another thing I'm doing today, after I finish with that passport stuff, is I'm going to be looking into plane tickets to go back to Mexico in December! I'm already really excited. Lol. I haven't been in December for all the fiestas in a long time, so I'm looking forward to that. Anyway...

Here is some stuff I brought back from Mexico! The things above I got for my patient. And the things below I got for family and myself 😆 The shoes are mine, the bags are mine, and the embroidered shirt is also mine. Lol. I LOVE how colorful everything is!

And this isn't even everything we got. We also brought back a bunch of Mexican candy. Sigh. I miss Mexico 😢

What I've been playing:

However, I am glad to be back playing The Sims 4 because I really missed it. Starting off with the Very Veggie challenge, my teen from the Squash generation went to prom! And one of his classmates immediately turned into a werewolf 😂

 

Back home, another fire started... on the freaking ceiling 😭 It took me so long to find it, which makes sense because this is most definitely a glitch. Fireplaces are dangerous things in this game, so that's how this fire started.

Then it was Winterfest, and my carrot sim's sister came over for a visit and I had the idea that she should have a baby with Father Winter 😆

 

Meanwhile, Carrotlina and her hot cowboy husband continue to be super cute. And I loved this scene in particular because they're doing their hobby together. And they did this autonomously! 😭 As for their kid, Calabastian, he did so well in school that he graduated from high school early!

 

So now that that happened, he is still a teen, but I can officially get started on his goals. This is what the Squash gen needs to do:

An interruption to note that another horse died 😭 The way Cupcake is crying over her mom 😭😭

 

But back to Calabastian, so he has to go to university, and teens who graduate early from high school can actually attend university early, so that's what I did with him! I'm having him do the computer science degree because that just fits with his goals.

 

And then here he is doing homework, interacting with family, and just practicing debating at university.

 

Oh yeah, his mom, Carrotlina, was going through a midlife crisis so I had the family go on a day trip to go skiing. Lol. I think they enjoyed it.

 

And the very last thing I did this morning was age him up into a young adult! I actually built his house yesterday. It didn't take me long this time because I decided to move him into an apartment in the city, so all I had to do was work on the interior. I'll try to remember to take some screenshots later because I really liked how it turned out!

So he's a young adult now, and I've moved him out to his own place, but I also got him a part-time job because he's got to pay rent somehow. Lol. PLUS, he's also a student taking four classes, so he is going to be BUSY. (I did this to myself. Lol.)

Another save I went back to this week is the one where I do all the Rewards Events, because there's going to be another one starting soon! The fairy pack JUST came out like two months ago, and we're already getting another expansion pack in like a month 😭 They don't even let us breathe for a second. But honestly, that next pack looks really fun. I'm looking forward to it!

 

Anyway, this is Aubrey and Christian. When they were growing up, they were childhood friends and neighbors, and now they're together! So cute. Aubrey was super broke, though. She actually got 20k simoleons from the last event, and I used that money to build their house (I need to remember to take screenshots of this one too because I just finished it and it's SO cute and cozy!) Well, mostly just the shell and the outside. Lol. So when Christian moved in, I was also hoping to bring some of their money over...

 

But his family was also broke! 😭 Idk how I forgot about that. I have played in that household before. Lol. Anyway, it's fine. We made it work. Christian got a job and Aubrey is running a small business.

 

Since she's into nature, I decided that she would be selling floral arrangements, wood sculptures, and things she can make from the new nature press thing from the fairy pack. And those candles sold for A LOT! There are money cheats, but that's just not fun for me. I like it when my sims struggle and have to come up with some sort of way to survive and live 😆 Even if it means marking up a candle 300% 😂

 

Oh, I thought this first screenshot above was super relatable: Aubrey eating a grilled cheese while playing a video game. Nice. Lol.

 

Oh, and then her in-laws came over, and their still super into each other. Lol. Emit, Christian's dad, hasn't aged up into an elder like his mom because he is a special NPC that came with the Blast from the Past Rewards event, so he won't age up, ever, so he won't ever die of old age. But neighborhood stories can still get him in accidental deaths 😆 Anyway, the romance festival came around and I decided that it would be nice if my sims got out of the house because they had been working hard, earning money and building their house. But as soon as Aubrey got a drink, she got struck by lightning 😭😂

 

I'm playing this on short life span so I really have to move things along quickly, so I had them try for baby! But to balance out the good news with some bad, Christian's mom died 😭 It's always sad when I sim you played with and got attached to dies 😭

 

Christian went to pick up the urn to take to the cemetery, and he made sure to give his dad a hug while there.

The last thing I did in this save this week is have a new baby! I actually don't know the exact date the event starts, but I think I'm ready for it. The house is done, the family is established, they've made a bit of money, so I think we're doing good.

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#434: Well, That Didn't Go As Expected

August 2025

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