The cheering up Gardenia was still in session. Spa day was next in plans.
A relaxing yoga nap.
Toe bending.
Todd was boxing a little in the gym part of the place and ended it with a nice steamy sauna.

Mum was still left sad though. Another sad thing was the bills, for the second week of winter in Strangerville - 4905 simoleons.

Todd had been a good support to Gardenia for a while, eventhough he was sad too. But now, a moodswing struck. He was embarrassed about everything.

So now it was mum's turn to support Todd.
She tried to talk him through the moodswing.
Herself though...
She tried going out to raise her spirits.
And it luckily worked too! She was back on track afterwards.

Todd doing dad's work. Just taking over.

When Todd was in school Gardenia went back to the spa.
Mateo and April were there.
Gardenia's wellness skill was pretty good.
So she was pretty much the only one who could keep up with the instructor. After the yoga class, Gardenia and April had a lovely catch up. And they decided to move in together. Or to have April move in with Gardenia and Todd.
So, April was materialistic, gregarious, evil, greedy (mader her selfish, envious and villainous). Ooh, sounds bad. She was a happy toddler though. Had emotional control and blended in well with everyone as everyman personality archetype. Sounds... psycho!? No!?
And she had the leader of the pack aspiration too! She worked as a critic too.
Plus, she was on her period. Oh yeah, she's blonde now!

She also had a man she had something going on with. He was Thomas Engel. He was in the military. Pretty sure Gardenia came across him when she was battling the plant.
So... Todd and Gardenia tried to get on with her. It wasn't hard though but it felt a little like a ticking time bomb.
Biolina was supportive too. You just gotta be on the good side of April!

Well, there was another, a bit more harmless and cute, addition to the household.
Villem the rat.
Villem was kept outside. It was warm anyway so...

Oh and one day Gardenia's new year resolution was completed! She got promoted to a qualified massage therapist.
And after all the stress she went to check her health too. Everything came back normal.

Also, yes April had just moved in but she was getting pretty serious with Thomas and they were thinking of moving in together. April spend all her free time with him, out on dates.