Brandon drops by for a few hours. Truth be told, Andrea is pretty happy with their arrangement. No pressure, no commitments, just woohoo.
Her shift actually already ends at three o’clock (one of the more relaxed working hours), so Andrea has plenty of time to enjoy some peace and quiet.
They did it. They really did it. Andrea still has a hard time believing it. The tax increase has led to vendors and business owners across Middleground to shut down their businesses and sell the land back to the state (or the highest selling bidder). And then, even she sold. The “Red Diner” was actually the smallest business in Middleground, and as the new tax taxes the land the business stands on and not the size of the business itself, but it just wasn’t feasible for her to keep it running. She now works at the nearby country club as a waitress. It’s nothing exciting, but it pays the bills.
In case you wondered, she didn’t stay the night. Still, Joe is somewhat content. He managed to get over Sandy pretty quick and his job perspectives may look bleak, but he is a real skipjack: he may tumble, but he’ll never be knocked down.
Joe spends a pleasant evening with Christy.
After a long day of trimming hedges, weeding and filling in holes (Remington didn’t lie when he said they were ‘desperate’ for a gardener), Joe comes home dirty and exhausted. After fixing himself, he invites someone over to keep him company.
Oh my gosh, anon, you have no idea. My new DL folder is only Maxis Add-ons (and a few thing I can’t live without *stuffs clutter out of sight*) So if it’s okay with you, I’ll start with paintings and I’ll be doing the rest of them later this week.
That evening, Joe calls his friend Remington to vent his anger over his current economic situation. This new paper stand was only meant to be a short time solution until he got back on his feet, but not only is he now stranded without a job in the goddamn middle of nowhere, but he can’t even afford to move back into the city due to recent rent increases.
Remington has a solution: one of the families he cleans for is in dire need of a gardener. Joe isn’t thrilled. He certainly didn’t go to college to water some rich guys plants, but beggars can’t be choosers, he guesses. It’ll only be temporary, right?
A sports fan through and through, Joe has built a goal in the backyard in order to distract himself a bit. But still, he has to pay the bills somehow, and no one currently has a job for a run-of-the-mill business man.
aondaneedles 