Going Solo: Kerri 2.17

The house felt empty without Davis. I missed him terribly. I called him nearly everyday but he would only speak to me for a few minutes. Boyd said he was doing well. He was spending time with his younger brother and had even seen my mom a few times. Each time Boyd mentioned how happy Davis was, I worried more and more that he wouldn't want to come back. Sha and I put the wedding plans on hold. It was her idea. She saw how upset Davis' attitude towards us made me, so thought we should wait to see how things played out with him. I was grateful for her understanding and support.

I passed the time painting. I was getting more for each piece, and had even started selling some at the local consignment shop. I also decided to enroll in an online class. My love of learning was still there, and it would give me something to help pass the time until Davis returned.

It was a quick three month course for a degree in communications. Graham and Ichelle had another baby girl name Toya. They sent pictures, she was a real cutie. Mom had finally retired. She told me once the summer was up, she would bring Davis back since she planned on moving to be closer to us. The week before Davis was due to come home, I talked to Boyd to make sure he was being returned. Much to my surprise, Boyd told me Davis was excited about coming home. He still didn't talk to me for long on the phone, but Boyd said that was because he'd been a busy little bee. He'd made a few friends, mostly girls, that kept him on the phone or online chatting a lot.

When he walked back into the house I pulled him into a tight hug. He'd grown some over the summer, but he was still my baby faced little boy. His attitude had improved. He and Sha were back to being best of friends.

He loved on Rascal a lot. That dog was happy to have him back as well. He'd picked up the game of chess while with his father, and we played sometimes and he was back to letting me help with homework.

I quickly learned Boyd wasn't lying about the phone. That thing was constantly ringing.

If he wasn't talking on the phone he was chatting online with the friends he'd made in Bridgeport. He'd also turned into a workout nut. He had DVDs he worked out to almost everyday and had gotten into watching sports.

Sha was excited about that since she loved football. He and Mom had grown closer over the summer as well. She was over often taking him places. I had been nervous about him going away for the summer, but it looked like it turned out to be a great decision. My little boy was back to being his old self again. Sha and I still hadn't talked about rescheduling the wedding. We both agreed that was something that could wait a little longer.

**A/N**

Okay, so Kerri has completed her LTW of having 3 degrees. Because of her previous ones, plus her skill levels, like degree 2 she only had to go a week to complete enough credits. Since she'd already been to Uni twice, I opted to not show her a third time and have her take 'online' classes instead. I wish that really was an option. Anyway she now has degrees in Fine Arts, Science & Medicine, and Communications.

She is still level 9 on painters career. She needed to earn something close to $25,000 in profits to reach level 10. She has $20,000 left to earn. :( It might be a while since she's only earning around 2k or so per painting. I've gotten her the LTR that is supposed to increase the amount she makes per painting. Hopefully she'll be close to done by the time Davis is ready to turn into a YA. I've never sold stuff at the consignment before, so trying out with a few to see if she makes more that way.

Extra pics

I thought this was a very pretty picture.

Ansley as an elder. **side note** I realized that there is some major glitch in my game right now. My elder days are set to 10, yet Jenni (Ansley's mom) is currently on day 23. Gonna have to kill her off if she out lives Ansley since she already out lived Matt.

Graham and Ichelle's newest addition Toya